Star profile
HIP 59504
Variable starWhat is HIP 59504
Within Camelopardalis, an A-type white star throbs with a faintly shifting glow. Its light set off 109 years ago, as Europe was sliding into the First World War, and crosses the night with the calm patience of modest variable stars. Hotter and more massive than the Sun, it embodies a vibration almost imperceptible —a slow white pulse— that only sensitive telescopes manage to read.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 59504 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 64° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 53° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 12° S.
It ranks no. 23 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 35° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 110 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 59504
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.14
- Distance
- 108.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 183.050° · Dec 77.616°
- Catalogue
- HIP 59504 · HD 106112
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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
- 43 Camelopardalis5.11
- HIP 158905.13
- 42 Camelopardalis5.14
- HIP 199495.20
- 31 Camelopardalis5.20