Star profile
HIP 6564
What is HIP 6564
In the Whale, Cetus, shines a yellow-white type-F star 152 light-years away. Its light departed in the nineteenth century, when Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address and the United States crossed the heart of its Civil War. Slightly hotter than the Sun, its pearly hue sits between white and gold —a discreet flame that has swum through the void to the rhythm of the celestial leviathan.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 6564 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 32° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 42° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 63° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 83° N.
It ranks no. 100 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 150 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 6564
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.92
- Distance
- 152.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 21.085° · Dec -6.915°
- Catalogue
- HIP 6564 · HD 8556
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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
- HIP 113815.89
- HIP 31935.90
- HIP 38345.90
- 34 Ceti5.93
- HIP 6365.93