Star profile

37 Camelopardalis

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 37 Camelopardalis

37 Camelopardalis sits in the Giraffe, a northern constellation invented in the 17th century to fill the northern celestial pole. At 381 light-years, this yellow G-type giant adds a warm note among faint stars. Its light departed when the first telescopes were reshaping astronomy. A golden ember in a sky region that almost no one learns to read.

Where it is and when to see it

37 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 83° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 72° up.
From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 31° S.

It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 380 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 37 Camelopardalis

Constellation: Camelopardalis
Apparent magnitude: 5.35
Distance: 381.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 92.496° · Dec 58.936°
Catalogue: HIP 29246 · HD 41597

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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