14 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 38.2° Azimuth: 34.2° Direction: North-East

14 Camelopardalis is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

14 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its reltive faintness, 14 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 14 Camelopardalis:

Color of 14 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 14 Camelopardalis 6.5

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 38.2°
Azimuth: 34.2°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 14 Camelopardalis

14 Camelopardalis is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 14 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 13m 31s

Declination J2000 +62° 41’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 148.38°

Galactic Latitude 13.65°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 14 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 14 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 14 Camelopardalis from your location

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

14 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 00:23 UTC (altitude: 78.8°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 14 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 14 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 14 Camelopardalis is -0.036 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 14 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 14 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

14 Camelopardalis is distant 268.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 82.24 pc

Distance (light year) 268.09 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 14 Camelopardalis

14 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class A7 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.92

Spectral Type A7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.21

Temperature of 14 Camelopardalis 8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 14 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 14 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD33296

SAO Catalogue SAO13413

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24348

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+62 734

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