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40 Camelopardalis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 23.42°   Az: 13.82°   Direction: North-North-East

40 Camelopardalis is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

40 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 40 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 40 Camelopardalis star
DSS2 image of 40 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 40 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 17m 57s
+59° 59’ 19”
13h 43m 59s
20h 01m 57s

J2000

06h 15m 40s
+59° 59’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

154.43°
19.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 40 Camelopardalis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35
Giant

-0.57
K3III
4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 40 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 40 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

40 Camelopardalis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 40 Camelopardalis double sysyem:

5.35
10.45
5.1
102.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

40 Camelopardalis is distant 498.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

152.91
498.47
12 km/s
0.033 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

40 Camelopardalis
SAO13772
SAO13772

Visibility from Your Location

40 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 14:20 UTC (altitude: 81.5°)