We use cookies to deliver essential features and to measure their performance. Learn more.
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:53 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 15:50
sleep   (Nighttime)  
What's Visible Now • Tonight Timeline
Search  close
All Constellations » Camelopardalis » 

11 Camelopardalis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 58.87°   Az: 305.61°   Direction: North-West

11 Camelopardalis is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

11 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, 11 Camelopardalis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 11 Camelopardalis star
DSS2 image of 11 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Camelopardalis during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 08m 19s
+59° 00’ 15”
03h 38m 46s
08h 47m 05s

J2000

05h 06m 08s
+58° 58’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

150.99°
10.8°

Finder Chart

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for 11 Camelopardalis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.08
Main-sequence

-1.49
B2V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

11 Camelopardalis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 11 Camelopardalis double sysyem:

5.08
6.08
1
180.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Camelopardalis is distant 670.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

205.76
670.78
-11 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

11 Camelopardalis
SAO25001
SAO25001

Visibility from Your Location

11 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 23:55 UTC (altitude: 82.5°)