12 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 20.5° Azimuth: 0.7° Direction: North

12 Camelopardalis is a variable and multiple hypergiant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

12 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its reltive faintness, 12 Camelopardalis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 12 Camelopardalis:

Color of 12 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 12 Camelopardalis 6.08

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

12 Camelopardalis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 20.5°
Azimuth: 0.7°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 12 Camelopardalis

12 Camelopardalis is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 12 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 06m 12s

Declination J2000 +59° 01’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 150.95°

Galactic Latitude 10.83°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 12 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 12 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 12 Camelopardalis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

12 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 11:51 UTC (altitude: 82.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 12 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 12 Camelopardalis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 12 Camelopardalis is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.031 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 12 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 12 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

12 Camelopardalis is distant 624.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 191.57 pc

Distance (light year) 624.52 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.031 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 12 Camelopardalis

12 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.33

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature of 12 Camelopardalis 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

12 Camelopardalis star system properties

12 Camelopardalis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 12 Camelopardalis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.08

Secondary star magnitude 7.08

Magnitude difference 1

Separation 180.5 arcsec

Alternative designations of 12 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 12 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32357

SAO Catalogue SAO25003

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23743

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+58 805

General Catalogue of Variable Stars BM Cam

In Evidence

Other stars in Camelopardalis