Star profile
HIP 17891
What is HIP 17891
In Camelopardalis, the northern giraffe, it shines white 233 light-years away. Its light departed around 1792, in the heart of the French Revolution, as the Convention proclaimed the First Republic. An A-type star —white, hot, with a spectrum dominated by the clean hydrogen lines that grounded the Harvard classification.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 17891 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. 62 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 230 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 17891
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.82
- Distance
- 233.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 57.403° · Dec 63.297°
- Catalogue
- HIP 17891 · HD 23523
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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 175855.79
- HIP 182175.80
- HIP 247325.81
- HIP 191295.88
- HIP 319465.88