31 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 21.6° Azimuth: 355.7° Direction: North

31 Camelopardalis is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

31 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its reltive faintness, 31 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 31 Camelopardalis:

Color of 31 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 31 Camelopardalis 5.2

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 21.6°
Azimuth: 355.7°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 31 Camelopardalis

31 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 31 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 54m 57s

Declination J2000 +59° 53’ 17”

Galactic Longitude 153.44°

Galactic Latitude 16.59°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 31 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 31 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 31 Camelopardalis from your location

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

31 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 12:36 UTC (altitude: 81.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 31 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 31 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 31 Camelopardalis is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 31 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 31 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 31 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

31 Camelopardalis is distant 404.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 124.22 pc

Distance (light year) 404.97 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 31 Camelopardalis

31 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.27

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature of 31 Camelopardalis 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 31 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 31 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 31 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 31 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD39220

SAO Catalogue SAO25447

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27971

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+59 920

FK5 Catalogue 2446

General Catalogue of Variable Stars TU Cam

In Evidence

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