Star profile
HIP 19983
What is HIP 19983
In the enigmatic Giraffe — a late, faintly luminous constellation — vibrates an orange giant 260 light-years away. Its light set out when the French Encyclopedists, led by Diderot and D'Alembert, were publishing the first volumes of the «Encyclopédie». Cooler than the Sun yet notably larger, its amber tone stains a polar corner of the sky often overlooked by popular star charts.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 19983 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. 52 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 260 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 19983
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.72
- Distance
- 260.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 64.284° · Dec 57.860°
- Catalogue
- HIP 19983 · HD 26755
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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 249145.64
- HIP 199685.69
- HIP 338275.69
- HIP 173425.74
- HIP 655955.74