Star profile
HIP 62572
Northern polar starWhat is HIP 62572
In northern Camelopardalis, near the celestial pole, shines a white class A star at 583 light-years. Its light set off when the Catholic Monarchs were signing the Capitulations of Santa Fe and Europe was peering at the end of the Middle Ages. Because of its near-polar position, it seems to wheel quietly around Earth's axis night after night. Class A stars are white and clean, with spectra dominated by hydrogen lines and temperatures around 9,000 K.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 62572 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 58° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 47° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 7° S.
It ranks no. 36 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 33° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 580 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 62572
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.38
- Distance
- 583.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 192.307° · Dec 83.413°
- Catalogue
- HIP 62572 · HD 112028
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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
- 36 Camelopardalis5.36
- 40 Camelopardalis5.37
- HIP 391175.37
- HIP 395385.39
- HIP 178545.40