Star profile
HIP 21452
What is HIP 21452
In Camelopardalis —the celestial giraffe, a wide and dim northern constellation— shines this white A-type star some four hundred and forty light years away. Its light departed around the years when Newton was publishing his Principia and changing forever the way we understand the motion of celestial bodies. Today it obeys those very same laws.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 21452 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 77° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 66° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 26° S.
It ranks no. 66 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 440 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 21452
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.91
- Distance
- 440.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 69.101° · Dec 64.262°
- Catalogue
- HIP 21452 · HD 28780
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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 191295.88
- HIP 319465.88
- HIP 203805.91
- HIP 625615.92
- HIP 668785.92