Star profile

HIP 24679

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 24679

A yellow light, almost solar, perched on the hare fleeing beneath the feet of Orion. At 160 light-years, its flash departed around 1866, when the first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable was laid and Europe and America began speaking to each other in mere minutes. This star —Sun-like but somewhat older— is also transmitting its message, in light, after a century and a half of travel.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 24679 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 25° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 36° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 70° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 76° N.

It ranks no. 24 in brightness among the 45 stars of Lepus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arneb, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 24679

Constellation: Lepus
Apparent magnitude: 5.48
Distance: 159.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 79.418° · Dec -13.520°
Catalogue: HIP 24679 · HD 34538

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Other stars in Lepus

Lepus has 45 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 45 stars in Lepus