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19 Camelopardalis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 45.22°   Az: 38.21°   Direction: North-East

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

19 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, 19 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 19 Camelopardalis star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 39m 41s
+64° 10’ 04”
18h 04m 45s
23h 44m 26s

J2000

05h 37m 15s
+64° 09’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

148.49°
16.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 19 Camelopardalis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Hypergiant

0.86
A0V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

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

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:

6.15
10.15
4
1.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

114.03
371.72
-12 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

19 Camelopardalis
SAO13550
SAO13550

Visibility from Your Location

19 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 20:15 UTC (altitude: 77.3°)