18 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 18.9° Azimuth: 4.9° Direction: North

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

18 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its reltive faintness, 18 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 18 Camelopardalis:

Color of 18 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 18 Camelopardalis 6.48

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 18.9°
Azimuth: 4.9°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 18 Camelopardalis

18 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 18 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 32m 33s

Declination J2000 +57° 13’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 154.43°

Galactic Latitude 12.76°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 18 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 18 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 18 Camelopardalis from your location

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

18 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 12:14 UTC (altitude: 84.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 18 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 18 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 18 Camelopardalis is 0.113 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.222 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 18 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 18 Camelopardalis during the next 1000 years (1.88 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.70 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 18 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

18 Camelopardalis is distant 143.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 43.88 pc

Distance (light year) 143.05 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 37 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.113 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.222 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 18 Camelopardalis

18 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class F8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.27

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.57

Temperature of 18 Camelopardalis 6088K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 18 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 18 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 18 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 18 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36066

SAO Catalogue SAO25241

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25973

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+57 889

FK5 Catalogue 1150

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 2058

In Evidence

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