37 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 20.4° Azimuth: 0.8° Direction: North

37 Camelopardalis is a giant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

37 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 5.36. Because of its reltive faintness, 37 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 37 Camelopardalis:

Color of 37 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 37 Camelopardalis 5.36

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 20.4°
Azimuth: 0.8°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 37 Camelopardalis

37 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 37 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 09m 59s

Declination J2000 +58° 56’ 08”

Galactic Longitude 155.18°

Galactic Latitude 17.94°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 37 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 37 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 37 Camelopardalis from your location

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

37 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 12:51 UTC (altitude: 82.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 37 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 37 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 37 Camelopardalis is 0.024 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 37 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 37 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

37 Camelopardalis is distant 349.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 107.07 pc

Distance (light year) 349.04 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 31 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.024 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 37 Camelopardalis

37 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.21

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 1.09

Temperature of 37 Camelopardalis 4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 37 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 37 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD41597

SAO Catalogue SAO25597

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29246

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+58 897

In Evidence

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