Star profile
43 Camelopardalis
Hot blue starWhat is 43 Camelopardalis
43 Camelopardalis is a blue B-type sun shining nearly a thousand light-years away, in a constellation so faint it barely sketches the Giraffe's silhouette between the Great Bear and Cassiopeia. Its light has dragged through centuries of interstellar dust before reaching any eye. It stands as one of the few genuine beacons in a region the classical sky never bothered to populate.
Where it is and when to see it
43 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 73° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 62° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 21° S.
It ranks no. 20 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 980 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 43 Camelopardalis
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.11
- Distance
- 979.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 103.426° · Dec 68.888°
- Catalogue
- HIP 33104 · HD 49340
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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
- 3 Camelopardalis5.07
- HIP 251105.08
- HIP 162925.09
- HIP 158905.13
- 42 Camelopardalis5.14