Star profile
HIP 29150
What is HIP 29150
Some 246.4 light-years away, in the small Hare crouched at the feet of Orion, shines a white A-class sun. Hotter than our own, its light departed when Bach was composing the Goldberg Variations and Baroque music was reaching its mathematical perfection. Almost two and a half centuries of travel to arrive at a shy, nimble constellation of the winter sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 29150 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 16° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 27° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 79° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 68° N.
It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 45 stars of Lepus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Arneb, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 250 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 29150
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.49
- Distance
- 246.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 92.241° · Dec -22.427°
- Catalogue
- HIP 29150 · HD 42301
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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 289435.46
- HIP 246795.48
- HIP 275175.49
- 10 Leporis5.53
- HIP 292055.56