Star profile
17 Camelopardalis
Cool red starWhat is 17 Camelopardalis
17 Camelopardalis is a cool rarity: an M-type red giant 940 light-years away, set within the stellar desert of the Giraffe, the circumpolar constellation barely mentioned in ancient lore for its lack of bright stars. Its reddish tint, perceptible even through binoculars under dark skies, betrays the calm ending of a star that has spent its hydrogen. Its light departed around the eleventh century, when Europe was raising its first Romanesque cathedrals.
Where it is and when to see it
17 Camelopardalis 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 78° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 68° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 27° S.
It ranks no. 40 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 940 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 17 Camelopardalis
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.43
- Distance
- 940.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 82.543° · Dec 63.067°
- Catalogue
- HIP 25769 · HD 35583
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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 395385.39
- HIP 178545.40
- HIP 203765.40
- HIP 242545.44
- HIP 324395.44