Star profile

HIP 16292

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 16292

A white A-type light beats in northern Camelopardalis at 199 light years from Earth. It set out when Mozart was rehearsing his last symphonies and the French Revolution had not yet ignited. Larger and hotter than the Sun, it shines with a brilliance several times greater than our own daytime star.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 16292 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 86° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 75° up.
From Sydney it culminates about 1° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 35° S.

It ranks no. 19 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 200 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 16292

Constellation: Camelopardalis
Apparent magnitude: 5.09
Distance: 198.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 52.501° · Dec 55.452°
Catalogue: HIP 16292 · HD 21447

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Other stars in Camelopardalis

Camelopardalis has 75 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 75 stars in Camelopardalis