Star profile
HIP 17854
What is HIP 17854
It lives in Camelopardalis, the celestial giraffe, a constellation so faint that for centuries it went unnoticed until Plancius drew it in the 17th century. A white A-type star, hotter and brighter than the Sun, its light set out some 347 years ago —as Newton was finishing his «Principia Mathematica» and formulating the law of universal gravitation. A serene glimmer between the giraffe's long legs.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 17854 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 71° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 60° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 19° S.
It ranks no. 38 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 350 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 17854
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.40
- Distance
- 347.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 57.307° · Dec 70.871°
- Catalogue
- HIP 17854 · HD 23277
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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 391175.37
- HIP 625725.38
- HIP 395385.39
- HIP 203765.40
- 17 Camelopardalis5.43