Star profile

HIP 2941

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

What is HIP 2941

Just 50 light-years away, in the constellation Cetus, shines an orange class K star. Its light set out around 1976, when the Viking probes were descending onto Mars and Voyager waited on its launch pad. It is a relatively close neighbor of the Sun: cooler, smaller and slower in evolution. K stars like this one live so long they will likely still be shining well after the Sun has exhausted its hydrogen.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 2941 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 14° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 25° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 81° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 65° N.

It ranks no. 59 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 50 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 2941

Constellation: Cetus
Apparent magnitude: 5.57
Distance: 50.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 9.336° · Dec -24.767°
Catalogue: HIP 2941 · HD 3443

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Other stars in Cetus

Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 111 stars in Cetus