Star profile
HIP 23766
What is HIP 23766
Camelopardalis, the silent giraffe of the polar sky, hides this orange star 469 light-years away. Her light departed around 1557, while Tycho Brahe was observing a supernova in Cassiopeia that would forever change the European view of the «unchanging» heavens. An ordinary, unassuming K, like so many that populate the less-portrayed corners of the firmament.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 23766 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 80° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 70° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 29° S.
It ranks no. 74 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 470 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 23766
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.00
- Distance
- 469.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 76.624° · Dec 61.170°
- Catalogue
- HIP 23766 · HD 32356
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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
- 51 Camelopardalis5.93
- HIP 212475.94
- HIP 223615.96
- HIP 165995.98
- HIP 593846.00