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16 Camelopardalis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 19.59°   Az: 352.46°   Direction: North

16 Camelopardalis is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

16 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 5.28. Because of its faintness, 16 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 16 Camelopardalis star
DSS2 image of 16 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 25m 38s
+57° 33’ 58”
11h 06m 40s
16h 32m 18s

J2000

05h 23m 27s
+57° 32’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

153.49°
11.88°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.28
Hypergiant

0.19
A0V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

16 Camelopardalis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 16 Camelopardalis double sysyem:

5.28
12.98
7.7
106.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Camelopardalis is distant 339.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

104.28
339.94
12 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

16 Camelopardalis
SAO25161
SAO25161

Visibility from Your Location

16 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 13:23 UTC (altitude: 83.9°)