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public  Shipaidong, China Shipaidong, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:47 
Transit: 12:45 
Sunset: 19:44
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3 Camelopardalis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:20 | Tran: 10:38 | Set: 19:51
Alt: 57.41°   Az: 325.08°   Direction: 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 55s
+53° 07’ 39”
02h 03m 40s
06h 45m 36s

J2000

04h 39m 54s
+53° 04’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

153.32°
4.26°

Finder Chart

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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

Today's 3 Camelopardalis rise, transit and set times from Shipaidong, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 36.9°
Max altitude: 66.4°
Azimuth: 323.1°