Star profile

3 Camelopardalis

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 3 Camelopardalis

3 Camelopardalis shines with K-type orange light some 423 light-years away, in the quiet constellation of the Giraffe. At magnitude 5.07, the eye only senses it from dark skies, in a region poor in famed luminaries but rich in silence. Here, between the Great Bear and the Charioteer, the Giraffe stretches across a broad swath of the northern circumpolar sky, and this orange giant adds a warm note to its modest mosaic.

Where it is and when to see it

3 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 78° up.
From Sydney it culminates about 3° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 37° S.

It ranks no. 17 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 420 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 3 Camelopardalis

Constellation: Camelopardalis
Apparent magnitude: 5.07
Distance: 422.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 69.978° · Dec 53.080°
Catalogue: HIP 21727 · HD 29317

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Other stars in Camelopardalis

Camelopardalis has 75 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 75 stars in Camelopardalis