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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:27 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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17 Camelopardalis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 72.48°   Az: 39.05°   Direction: North-East

17 Camelopardalis is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

17 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, 17 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 17 Camelopardalis star
DSS2 image of 17 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Camelopardalis during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 32m 32s
+63° 05’ 04”
22h 20m 56s
03h 53m 29s

J2000

05h 30m 10s
+63° 04’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

149.08°
15.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 17 Camelopardalis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.42
Giant

-1.86
M1III
3503K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Camelopardalis is distant 931.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

285.71
931.43
-19 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

17 Camelopardalis
SAO13518
SAO13518

Visibility from Your Location

17 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 20:15 UTC (altitude: 78.4°)