Star profile
HIP 24254
Variable starWhat is HIP 24254
In the Giraffe —Camelopardalis, that lean, little-known northern figure— lives a blue-white B-type variable, young and hot. Its light departed in the late seventeenth century, as Isaac Newton was writing his Principia and formulating universal gravitation. It still flickers today, 378 years later, as if underlining the reading of that book.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 24254 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 68° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 57° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 16° S.
It ranks no. 41 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 380 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 24254
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.44
- Distance
- 378.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 78.094° · Dec 73.947°
- Catalogue
- HIP 24254 · HD 32650
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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 178545.40
- HIP 203765.40
- 17 Camelopardalis5.43
- HIP 324395.44
- HIP 226265.47