Star profile
HIP 26882
What is HIP 26882
Within the celestial Giraffe, Camelopardalis —that shy, silent figure of the northern sky— beats an orange star of type K, cooler and older than the Sun. Its light took some 273 years to reach us: it set out when Voltaire was publishing his Philosophical Letters and the French Baroque tuned its minuets at Versailles. It appears today as a warm ember, almost hidden among the few stars that trace the animal's long neck.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 26882 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 76° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 65° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 24° S.
It ranks no. 47 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 26882
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.62
- Distance
- 272.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 85.610° · Dec 65.698°
- Catalogue
- HIP 26882 · HD 37289
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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
- 5 Camelopardalis5.52
- HIP 513845.52
- HIP 407935.55
- HIP 365285.63
- HIP 249145.64