Star profile
HIP 15520
Variable starWhat is HIP 15520
In Camelopardalis —the forgotten giraffe of the northern sky— there shines a blue-white star that never burns quite the same. Its light, dispatched some seven hundred sixty-two years ago, set out when Marco Polo was returning from China with impossible tales. A B-type variable, it is a hot forge that breathes to its own rhythm, wavering as if hesitating between intensities. Far more massive than the Sun, it reminds us that even the steadiest stars pulse when observed with patience.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 15520 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 15520
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.74
- Distance
- 762.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 49.997° · Dec 65.652°
- Catalogue
- HIP 15520 · HD 20336
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Other stars in Camelopardalis
Camelopardalis has 75 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Camelopardalis4.03
- HIP 162284.21
- Alpha Camelopardalis4.26
- HIP 162814.55
- HIP 336944.55
- Gamma Camelopardalis4.59
- HIP 299974.76
- HIP 175874.78