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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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α Camelopardalis (alpha Camelopardalis)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 28.95°   Az: 350.51°   Direction: North

α Camelopardalis is a supergiant star of spectral class O9 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

α Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 4.29. Because of its moderate brightness, α Camelopardalis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of α Camelopardalis (alpha Camelopardalis) star
DSS2 image of α Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of α Camelopardalis during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 56m 35s
+66° 22’ 55”
10h 35m 36s
15h 32m 11s

J2000

04h 54m 02s
+66° 20’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

144.07°
14.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Camelopardalis (alpha Camelopardalis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.29
Supergiant

-7.35
O9I
9766K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Camelopardalis is distant 6,936.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

2,127.66
6,936.17
6 km/s
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

α Camelopardalis
(alpha Camelopardalis)
9 Camelopardalis
SAO13298
SAO13298

Visibility from Your Location

α Camelopardalis (alpha Camelopardalis) is circumpolar and transits at 13:06 UTC (altitude: 75.1°)