Star profile

HIP 28675

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 28675

In the Hare that flees beneath Orion's feet shines an orange giant of class K. Its light set out a little over 406 years ago, when Galileo first turned his telescope to the sky and discovered the moons of Jupiter. K-class stars are cooler than the Sun, pale golden in tone and with calmer atmospheres where molecules can form that ours could barely sustain.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 28675 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 12° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 23° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 82° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 64° N.

It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 45 stars of Lepus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arneb, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 410 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 28675

Constellation: Lepus
Apparent magnitude: 5.03
Distance: 406.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 90.815° · Dec -26.285°
Catalogue: HIP 28675 · HD 41312

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Other stars in Lepus

Lepus has 45 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 45 stars in Lepus