Star profile
HIP 3607
What is HIP 3607
In vast Cetus shines a yellow class G star at 304 light-years. Its light began its journey around 1722, when Bach was composing his first cantatas in Leipzig and European astronomers were refining pendulum clocks. It is the same spectral type as the Sun, but more evolved: it has entered the phase in which the outer layers expand and cool. Looking at its light is gazing at the likely future of our own star.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 3607 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 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. 54 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 300 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 3607
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.49
- Distance
- 304.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 11.549° · Dec -22.522°
- Catalogue
- HIP 3607 · HD 4398
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- 57 Ceti5.43
- HIP 93725.43
- HIP 41045.47
- 67 Ceti5.51
- 47 Ceti5.51