Star profile

HIP 27629

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

What is HIP 27629

At 349 light-years, on the edge of Taurus, a yellow star sends its light toward us. It departed around 1677, when Newton was working on his Principia and comets were beginning to be studied as bodies bound by universal laws. It is a G class star like the Sun, but older and more massive: it has swollen its outer layers and slightly reddened its golden hue. A distant neighbor in one of the sky regions most densely populated with open clusters.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 27629 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 66° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 77° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 28° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 62° S.

It ranks no. 99 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 21° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 350 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 27629

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.60
Distance: 349.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 87.742° · Dec 27.968°
Catalogue: HIP 27629 · HD 39004

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Other stars in Taurus

Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

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