40 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 22.6° Azimuth: 349.4° Direction: North

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

40 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its reltive faintness, 40 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 40 Camelopardalis:

Color of 40 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 40 Camelopardalis 5.35

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 22.6°
Azimuth: 349.4°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 40 Camelopardalis

40 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 40 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 15m 40s

Declination J2000 +59° 59’ 57”

Galactic Longitude 154.43°

Galactic Latitude 19.01°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 40 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 40 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 40 Camelopardalis from your location

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

40 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 13:01 UTC (altitude: 81.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 40 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 40 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 40 Camelopardalis is 0.033 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.021 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 40 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 152.91 pc

Distance (light year) 498.47 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.033 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.021 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 40 Camelopardalis

40 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.57

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.34

Temperature of 40 Camelopardalis 4051K

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

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

40 Camelopardalis 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:

Main star magnitude 5.35

Secondary star magnitude 10.45

Magnitude difference 5.1

Separation 102.7 arcsec

Alternative designations of 40 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 40 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD42633

SAO Catalogue SAO13772

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29730

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+60 938

In Evidence

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