Star profile
HIP 17296
Variable starWhat is HIP 17296
In the northern Giraffe pulses a white variable star whose light has crossed 519 years to reach us. When it left, the Dutch were proclaiming their independence and the Golden Age of the Netherlands was beginning to light up Europe with Vermeer and Rembrandt in gestation. A class-A sun, hotter and brighter than ours, it modulates its glow with a heartbeat of its own —a living beacon among the septentrional constellations.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 17296 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 78° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 67° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 27° S.
It ranks no. 16 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 520 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 17296
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.06
- Distance
- 519.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 55.539° · Dec 63.217°
- Catalogue
- HIP 17296 · HD 22649
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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 185054.95
- HIP 184884.99
- HIP 190185.00
- 3 Camelopardalis5.07
- HIP 251105.08