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24 Camelopardalis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 26.81°   Az: 330.11°   Direction: North-North-West

24 Camelopardalis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

24 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, 24 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 24 Camelopardalis star
DSS2 image of 24 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 45m 10s
+56° 35’ 29”
08h 24m 27s
14h 09m 38s

J2000

05h 43m 01s
+56° 34’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

155.74°
13.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 24 Camelopardalis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Hypergiant

2.11
K0III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Camelopardalis is distant 200.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

61.50
200.49
-29 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

24 Camelopardalis
SAO25333
SAO25333

Visibility from Your Location

24 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 13:43 UTC (altitude: 84.9°)