HIP 23692, a white dwarf star in Camelopardus
HIP 23692 is a white dwarf star in the constellation Camelopardus. At 188 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 11.86.
HIP 23692
HIP 23692 is a white dwarf star in the constellation Camelopardus. At 188 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 11.86. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 73.4 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 21,500 and 50,000 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 5h 5.5m, Dec +52° 49.8'
Moon Calendar Magnets
Stick to Most Steel Surfaces
Galactic Orbit of
HIP 23692
(compared to the
Sun)
E
ccentricity: 39.7% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -52.9°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 10,969 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 10,066 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 4,359 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 9,237 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 6,610 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 15,328 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for HIP 23692
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 76.37752352° ±2.64 mas | 9.87 ±1.93 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | 52.83131642° ±2.00 mas | -91.37 ±1.70 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 155.95312680° | 79.24 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | 7.09916552° | -46.56 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 16.70 ± 2.97 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: sdO 1977MNRAS.180..691H.
Radial Velocity: 69.00 ±999.00 km/s [D rating] 1994A&AS..108..603B.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
n/a
Photometry
band
magnitude
Abs. Mag.
U
10.25
6.44
B
11.52
7.71
V
11.86
8.05
R
11.93
8.12
I
12.11
8.30
J
12.54
8.74
H
12.67
8.86
K
12.76
8.96
B-V: -0.34 V-I: -0.25
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 57.69 pc (17.8% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,452 pc
Transverse velocity: 25.1 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | -52.3 pc | 23.3 pc | 7.1 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -72.8 km/s | 8.8 km/s | -4.1 km/s |