Star profile
HIP 21247
What is HIP 21247
In Camelopardalis, the giraffe of the polar regions, shines a white A-type star 332 light-years away. Its light set out as Bach moved his music to the palace of Köthen and shaped the Brandenburg Concertos. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it holds its calm white blaze in a region of sky that never sinks below the horizon for the inhabitants of northern Europe.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 21247 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 69° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 58° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 17° S.
It ranks no. 71 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 12° 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 21247
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.94
- Distance
- 331.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 68.378° · Dec 72.529°
- Catalogue
- HIP 21247 · HD 28204
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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 668785.92
- 26 Camelopardalis5.93
- 51 Camelopardalis5.93
- HIP 223615.96
- HIP 165995.98