Star profile
HIP 18217
What is HIP 18217
At 164 light-years away, in Camelopardalis, the celestial giraffe whose constellation is as wide as it is discreet, it shines with the smooth white of class A stars. The light arriving now set out in the middle of the nineteenth century, in the heart of the industrial revolution, when railways were weaving their first networks across Europe and cities were filling with factories and smoke. Its white glow, with no companion or variability, arrives after a silent journey through interstellar dust.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 18217 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 84° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 73° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 32° S.
It ranks no. 60 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 160 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 18217
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.80
- Distance
- 164.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 58.430° · Dec 57.975°
- Catalogue
- HIP 18217 · HD 24141
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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
- 1 Camelopardalis5.78
- Tonatiuh5.78
- HIP 175855.79
- HIP 247325.81
- HIP 178915.82