Star profile
HIP 16228
Variable starWhat is HIP 16228
Unnamed within Camelopardalis, this blue star breathes with a variable pulse. Its light set off nearly 1942 years ago, when the Roman Empire was raising aqueducts across Hispania, and still drifts across the northern night. A burning hydrogen giant that throbs with a brightness almost imperceptible to the eye, reminding us that even stellar stillness is an ancient vibration without a human name.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16228 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 82° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 71° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 30° S.
It ranks no. 2 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,900 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 16228
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.21
- Distance
- 1941.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 52.267° · Dec 59.940°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16228 · HD 21291
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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
- Alpha Camelopardalis4.26
- HIP 178844.39
- 7 Camelopardalis4.43
- HIP 162814.55
- HIP 336944.55
- Gamma Camelopardalis4.59
- HIP 155204.74