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β Camelopardalis (beta Camelopardalis)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 21.96°   Az: 0.57°   Direction: North

β Camelopardalis is a multiple supergiant star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

β Camelopardalis visual magnitude is 4.03. Because of its moderate brightness, β 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 β Camelopardalis (beta Camelopardalis) star
DSS2 image of β Camelopardalis. The red arrow shows the motion of β Camelopardalis during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 05m 39s
+60° 28’ 32”
12h 04m 15s
17h 09m 55s

J2000

05h 03m 25s
+60° 26’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

149.57°
11.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Camelopardalis (beta Camelopardalis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.03
Supergiant

-3.40
G1I
4943K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

4.03
7.43
3.4
80.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Camelopardalis is distant 996.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

305.81
996.94
-2 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

β Camelopardalis
(beta Camelopardalis)
10 Camelopardalis
SAO13351
SAO13351

Visibility from Your Location

β Camelopardalis (beta Camelopardalis) is circumpolar and transits at 19:45 UTC (altitude: 81.0°)