Star profile
HIP 25950
Hot blue starWhat is HIP 25950
In the deep marches of Taurus, nearly 3,000 light-years away, beats a young blue B-type star lost in one of the densest, dustiest regions of the firmament. Its light set out when, in the heart of the Middle Ages, the Andalusi caliphates were preserving Greek astronomy and translating Ptolemy. Far more massive and luminous than the Sun, its glow travels nearly a millennium to meet us.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 25950 lies in the northern 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 56° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 66° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 39° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 73° S.
It ranks no. 88 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 3,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 25950
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.50
- Distance
- 2992.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 83.059° · Dec 17.058°
- Catalogue
- HIP 25950 · HD 36408
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Other stars in Taurus
Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AldebaranAlpha Tauri0.87
- ElnathBeta Tauri1.65
- AlcyoneEta Tauri2.85
- 130 Tauri5.47
- 53 Tauri5.50
- 103 Tauri5.50
- Omega 1 Tauri5.51
- HIP 230435.51