Star profile
HIP 16599
What is HIP 16599
A white A-class star in Camelopardalis, 243 light-years away—a constellation so sparsely populated that any star within it deserves a second look. The light we see tonight broke free around 1783, the year the Montgolfier brothers lifted the first hot-air balloon over Versailles. It shines with the typical cleanliness of A-stars, without fanfare and without apology.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 16599 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 87° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 76° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 1° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 35° S.
It ranks no. 73 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 240 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 16599
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.98
- Distance
- 242.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 53.413° · Dec 54.975°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16599 · HD 21819
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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
- 51 Camelopardalis5.93
- HIP 212475.94
- HIP 223615.96
- HIP 237666.00
- HIP 593846.00