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hip-62561
Northern polar starIts story
In Camelopardalis, the giraffe grazing near the northern celestial pole, shines a white A-type star 401 light-years away. Its light set out shortly after Galileo first pointed his telescope at the sky of Padua. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, this cold flame always rides high above the northern horizon, a reminder that even modern constellations keep ancient light.
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.92
- Distance
- 401.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 192.278° · Dec 83.418°
- Catalogue
- HIP 62561 · HD 112014
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