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3 Camelopardalis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 69.20°   Az: 288.06°   Direction: West-North-West

3 Camelopardalis is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

3 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 5.05. Because of its faintness, 3 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 3 Camelopardalis star
DSS2 image of 3 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 41m 52s
+53° 07’ 34”
02h 16m 56s
06h 58m 48s

J2000

04h 39m 54s
+53° 04’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

153.32°
4.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 3 Camelopardalis star
Simplified finder chart for 3 Camelopardalis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.05
Hypergiant

-0.86
K0III
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

3 Camelopardalis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 3 Camelopardalis double sysyem:

5.05
12.05
7
3.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Camelopardalis is distant 495.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

151.98
495.44
-41 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

3 Camelopardalis
SAO24743
SAO24743

Visibility from Your Location

3 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 05:11 UTC (altitude: 88.4°)