Star profile
HIP 18488
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 18488
On the neck of Camelopardalis shines an orange K-type giant, cast more than 1,460 light-years away. Its light began its journey around the year 563, deep in the early Middle Ages, when Irish copyist monks were illuminating the first gospel books. It is tens of times more luminous than the Sun, a warm beacon whose swollen, calm envelope has crossed fourteen centuries to arrive.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 18488 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 18488
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.99
- Distance
- 1462.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 59.285° · Dec 61.109°
- Catalogue
- HIP 18488 · HD 24480
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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 175874.78
- HIP 365474.92
- HIP 185054.95
- HIP 190185.00
- HIP 172965.06