Star profile
HIP 7916
What is HIP 7916
In Cetus, the celestial whale, glows a yellow-white star 129 light-years away. Its light departed in 1897, the year Marie Curie began her research on radioactivity and the electron was discovered. A young F-class star, much like a slightly hotter Sun, arriving today from the very threshold of modern physics.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 7916 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 27° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 38° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 67° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 79° N.
It ranks no. 83 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 7916
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 128.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 25.437° · Dec -11.325°
- Catalogue
- HIP 7916 · HD 10453
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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
- 12 Ceti5.72
- 77 Ceti5.74
- HIP 72765.75
- HIP 11915.77
- HIP 3435.78