Star profile

40 Camelopardalis

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

What is 40 Camelopardalis

40 Camelopardalis is an orange K-type star 492 light-years away, in Camelopardalis —that constellation as vast as it is unassuming, filling the space between the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia. Its light, cooler than the Sun's, carries the golden-russet tint of K giants, hidden in a stretch of sky nearly empty to the naked eye. It is one of those faint beacons that help trace the figure invented by Plancius in 1612.

Where it is and when to see it

40 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 82° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 71° up.
From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 30° S.

It ranks no. 34 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 490 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 40 Camelopardalis

Constellation: Camelopardalis
Apparent magnitude: 5.37
Distance: 492.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 93.919° · Dec 59.999°
Catalogue: HIP 29730 · HD 42633

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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