15 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 19.7° Azimuth: 3.3° Direction: North

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

15 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its reltive faintness, 15 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 15 Camelopardalis:

Color of 15 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 15 Camelopardalis 6.13

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 19.7°
Azimuth: 3.3°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 15 Camelopardalis

15 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 15 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 19m 27s

Declination J2000 +58° 07’ 01”

Galactic Longitude 152.71°

Galactic Latitude 11.75°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 15 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 15 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 15 Camelopardalis from your location

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

15 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 12:01 UTC (altitude: 83.4°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 15 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 15 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 15 Camelopardalis is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.021 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 15 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 15 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

15 Camelopardalis is distant 878.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 269.54 pc

Distance (light year) 878.71 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.021 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 15 Camelopardalis

15 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.02

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature of 15 Camelopardalis 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 15 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 15 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34233

SAO Catalogue SAO25125

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24836

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+57 874

In Evidence

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