Star profile
HIP 19018
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 19018
At 2039 years away, in the northern giraffe of Camelopardalis, glows a luminous yellow-white star. Its light set out toward the century of the Severan Roman emperors, when Septimius Severus still rode the frontiers of empire. It has crossed two millennia of dust and silence to reach the human eye on precisely this night.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 19018 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 82° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 72° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 31° S.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 2,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 19018
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.00
- Distance
- 2038.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 61.113° · Dec 59.156°
- Catalogue
- HIP 19018 · HD 25291
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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 365474.92
- HIP 185054.95
- HIP 184884.99
- HIP 172965.06
- 3 Camelopardalis5.07