Star profile
HIP 24914
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 24914
Across the northern plains of Camelopardalis — the celestial giraffe traced in the seventeenth century — dwells an orange K-type star, surprisingly luminous despite its apparent discretion. Its 2,052 light-years set out even before the founding of Augustus's Roman Empire, when Rome was still a republic shaken by civil wars. It is light born of the ancient world, still in transit toward us.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 24914 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 24914
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.64
- Distance
- 2051.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 80.094° · Dec 62.654°
- Catalogue
- HIP 24914 · HD 34255
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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 407935.55
- HIP 268825.62
- HIP 365285.63
- HIP 199685.69
- HIP 338275.69