47 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 21.7° Azimuth: 354.8° Direction: North

47 Camelopardalis is a double star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

47 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its reltive faintness, 47 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 47 Camelopardalis:

Color of 47 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 47 Camelopardalis 6.35

Class

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

Altitude: 21.7°
Azimuth: 354.8°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 47 Camelopardalis

47 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 47 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 22m 17s

Declination J2000 +59° 54’ 06”

Galactic Longitude 156.84°

Galactic Latitude 27.03°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 47 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 47 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 47 Camelopardalis from your location

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

47 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 02:55 UTC (altitude: 81.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 47 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 47 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 47 Camelopardalis is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 47 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 47 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

47 Camelopardalis is distant 229.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 70.27 pc

Distance (light year) 229.09 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 47 Camelopardalis

47 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class A8

Absolute magnitude 2.12

Spectral Type A8

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature of 47 Camelopardalis 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

47 Camelopardalis star system properties

47 Camelopardalis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 47 Camelopardalis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.35

Secondary star magnitude 10.85

Magnitude difference 4.5

Separation 2.2 arcsec

Alternative designations of 47 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 47 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD56820

SAO Catalogue SAO26298

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP35735

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+60 1048

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS5995

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