Star profile

HIP 26001

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

What is HIP 26001

In Dorado, the constellation that guards the road to the Large Magellanic Cloud, shines a yellow star resembling the Sun yet more luminous and mature. Its light has been crossing space for more than two centuries: it set out when Beethoven was premiering his first symphonies and Europe was being shaken by the Napoleonic wars. The little constellation was sketched by Dutch navigators who stitched new figures into the southern sky, and this star is one of its most intimate points, almost domestic in its golden tone.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 26001 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it never rises above the horizon.
From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 60° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 26° N.

It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 18 stars of Dorado in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Dorado, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 230 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 26001

Constellation: Dorado
Apparent magnitude: 5.34
Distance: 231.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 83.248° · Dec -64.228°
Catalogue: HIP 26001 · HD 37297

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Other stars in Dorado

Dorado has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 18 stars in Dorado