Star profile
HIP 22936
What is HIP 22936
In Camelopardalis —the northern giraffe Plancius drew in the seventeenth century to fill an empty patch of sky— shines this A-type white at 423 light-years. Its light crossed space while Vermeer was painting light —that very light, scattered— in rooms of Delft. Two forms of brightness, centuries apart, meeting now in the observer s eye.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 22936 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 89° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 78° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 3° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 37° S.
It ranks no. 55 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 420 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 22936
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 423.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 74.029° · Dec 52.870°
- Catalogue
- HIP 22936 · HD 31134
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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 199835.72
- HIP 173425.74
- HIP 655955.74
- HIP 319405.75
- 1 Camelopardalis5.78