19 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 26.9° Azimuth: 10.6° Direction: North

19 Camelopardalis is a double hypergiant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

19 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its reltive faintness, 19 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 19 Camelopardalis:

Color of 19 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 19 Camelopardalis 6.15

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 26.9°
Azimuth: 10.6°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 19 Camelopardalis

19 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 19 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 37m 15s

Declination J2000 +64° 09’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 148.49°

Galactic Latitude 16.68°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 19 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 19 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 19 Camelopardalis from your location

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

19 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 12:18 UTC (altitude: 77.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 19 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 19 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 19 Camelopardalis is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.07 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 19 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 19 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

19 Camelopardalis is distant 371.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 114.03 pc

Distance (light year) 371.72 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.07 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 19 Camelopardalis

19 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature of 19 Camelopardalis 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

19 Camelopardalis star system properties

19 Camelopardalis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 19 Camelopardalis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.15

Secondary star magnitude 10.15

Magnitude difference 4

Separation 1.6 arcsec

Alternative designations of 19 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 19 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36570

SAO Catalogue SAO13550

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26408

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+64 536

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS4177

In Evidence

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