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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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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