30 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 21.0° Azimuth: 7.2° Direction: North

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

30 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its reltive faintness, 30 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 30 Camelopardalis:

Color of 30 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 30 Camelopardalis 6.14

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 21.0°
Azimuth: 7.2°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 30 Camelopardalis

30 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 30 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 52m 17s

Declination J2000 +58° 57’ 51”

Galactic Longitude 154.15°

Galactic Latitude 15.88°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 30 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 30 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 30 Camelopardalis from your location

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

30 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 12:33 UTC (altitude: 82.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 30 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 30 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 30 Camelopardalis is 0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 30 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 30 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 30 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

30 Camelopardalis is distant 545.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 167.22 pc

Distance (light year) 545.15 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.007 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 30 Camelopardalis

30 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.02

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of 30 Camelopardalis 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 30 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 30 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 30 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 30 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38831

SAO Catalogue SAO25419

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27731

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+58 863

In Evidence

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