Star profile
HIP 29234
What is HIP 29234
In Lepus, at Orion's feet, shines a yellow-white star about 160 light-years away. The light reaching us today set out around 1866, when the first stable transatlantic telegraph cable was being laid and the world was discovering immediacy. A touch hotter than the Sun, it keeps a white tone barely tinged with gold —like a frozen sliver of dawn.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 29234 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 67° N.
It ranks no. 35 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 160 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 29234
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.71
- Distance
- 160.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 92.450° · Dec -22.774°
- Catalogue
- HIP 29234 · HD 42443
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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 252805.64
- HIP 231665.65
- HIP 236685.71
- HIP 292945.72
- HIP 269665.73