Star profile
1 Camelopardalis
Variable starWhat is 1 Camelopardalis
1 Camelopardalis opens the numerical list of the celestial Camel, that pale, sprawling constellation near the north pole. A hot blue B-type star, very distant —its light has spent thousands of years crossing the galaxy. Subtly variable, young on the stellar scale, it marks a luminous point in a region of sky where almost everything else surrenders to dimness.
Where it is and when to see it
1 Camelopardalis lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 88° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 77° up.
- From Sydney it culminates about 2° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 36° S.
It ranks no. 57 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 330,000 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 1 Camelopardalis
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 326200.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 68.008° · Dec 53.911°
- Catalogue
- HIP 21148 · HD 28446
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Other stars in Camelopardalis
Camelopardalis has 75 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Camelopardalis4.03
- HIP 162284.21
- Alpha Camelopardalis4.26
- HIP 655955.74
- HIP 229365.75
- HIP 319405.75
- Tonatiuh5.78
- HIP 175855.79