53 Camelopardalis

Altitude: 24.3° Azimuth: 344.3° Direction: North-North-West

53 Camelopardalis is a variable star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

53 Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its reltive faintness, 53 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 53 Camelopardalis:

Color of 53 Camelopardalis ⬤

Magnitude of 53 Camelopardalis 6.01

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 24.3°
Azimuth: 344.3°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 53 Camelopardalis

53 Camelopardalis is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 53 Camelopardalis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 01m 42s

Declination J2000 +60° 19’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 156.73°

Galactic Latitude 31.95°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 53 Camelopardalis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 53 Camelopardalis.

Visibility of 53 Camelopardalis from your location

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

53 Camelopardalis is circumpolar and transits at 14:42 UTC (altitude: 81.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 53 Camelopardalis

The image below is a photograph of 53 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 53 Camelopardalis is -0.037 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 53 Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 53 Camelopardalis from the Sun and relative movement

53 Camelopardalis is distant 320.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 98.43 pc

Distance (light year) 320.87 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.037 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 53 Camelopardalis

53 Camelopardalis belongs to spectral class A2 53 Camelopardalis is also a SrCrEu chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 1.04

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.14

Temperature of 53 Camelopardalis 8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Camelopardalis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Camelopardalis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 53 Camelopardalis

Flamsteed designation 53 Camelopardalis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65339

SAO Catalogue SAO14402

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39261

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+60 1105

FK5 Catalogue 302

General Catalogue of Variable Stars AX Cam

In Evidence

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