Star profile
HIP 26966
What is HIP 26966
In Lepus, the small Hare that flees eternally beneath Orion's feet, shines this A-class white at two hundred and forty-five light-years. Its light departed around 1781, the very year William Herschel discovered Uranus and unwittingly doubled the known size of the Solar System. Hotter and whiter than the Sun, it lives in one of those minor constellations that most nights go unnoticed.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 26966 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 20° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 31° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 71° N.
It ranks no. 37 in brightness among the 45 stars of Lepus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arneb, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 26966
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 244.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 85.840° · Dec -18.557°
- Catalogue
- HIP 26966 · HD 38206
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Other stars in Lepus
Lepus has 45 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ArnebAlpha Leporis2.58
- NihalBeta Leporis2.81
- Epsilon Leporis3.19
- HIP 236685.71
- HIP 292345.71
- HIP 292945.72
- 1 Leporis5.74
- HIP 289845.74