24 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 18.2° Azimuth: 356.5° Direction: North

24 Camelopardalis is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

24 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its reltive faintness, 24 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 24 Camelopardalis:

Color of 24 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 24 Camelopardalis 6.05

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 18.2°
Azimuth: 356.5°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 24 Camelopardalis

24 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 24 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 43m 01s

Declination J2000 +56° 34’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 155.74°

Galactic Latitude 13.68°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 24 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 24 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 24 Camelopardalis from your location

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

24 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 12:24 UTC (altitude: 84.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 24 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 24 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 24 Camelopardalis is 0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.031 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 24 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 61.50 pc

Distance (light year) 200.49 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -29 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.031 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 24 Camelopardalis

24 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.11

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature of 24 Camelopardalis 4866K

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

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

Alternative designations of 24 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 24 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD37601

SAO Catalogue SAO25333

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26942

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+56 1050

In Evidence

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