Star profile
HIP 22361
What is HIP 22361
In Camelopardalis shines a white A-type star 153 light-years away. Its light set out during the Belle Époque, as the Lumière brothers projected the first moving pictures in Paris before an astonished audience. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it shines quietly among the stylised legs of a celestial giraffe, a reminder that human novelties travel faster than any sidereal message.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 22361 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 66° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 55° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 14° S.
It ranks no. 72 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 150 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 22361
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.96
- Distance
- 153.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 72.210° · Dec 75.941°
- Catalogue
- HIP 22361 · HD 29678
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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
- 26 Camelopardalis5.93
- 51 Camelopardalis5.93
- HIP 212475.94
- HIP 165995.98
- HIP 237666.00