Star profile

HIP 19949

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 19949

This white light set out from Camelopardalis when the Catholic Monarchs were sealing capitulations with Columbus and Gutenberg's press had just released its first Bibles. It is an A-type star, hot and bluish-white, far more luminous than the Sun. The celestial giraffe —its constellation— was drawn in the 17th century to fill a stretch of sky that seemed empty.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 19949 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 88° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 77° up.
From Sydney it culminates about 2° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 36° S.

It ranks no. 24 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 330 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 19949

Constellation: Camelopardalis
Apparent magnitude: 5.20
Distance: 326.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 64.180° · Dec 53.612°
Catalogue: HIP 19949 · HD 26764

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Other stars in Camelopardalis

Camelopardalis has 75 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 75 stars in Camelopardalis