Star profile

51 Camelopardalis

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

What is 51 Camelopardalis

51 Camelopardalis inhabits the Giraffe, a late, modest constellation of the northern skies, with no bright stars to draw it clearly. It is an orange K-type giant about 329 light-years away, glowing with the copper, serene light of suns past their prime. Its brightness departed around 1697, almost the very moment Flamsteed was committing to his ledgers the very observations that would name it.

Where it is and when to see it

51 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 January, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never sets and culminates about 76° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 65° up.
From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 25° S.

It ranks no. 70 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 19° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 330 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 51 Camelopardalis

Constellation: Camelopardalis
Apparent magnitude: 5.93
Distance: 328.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 116.667° · Dec 65.456°
Catalogue: HIP 37949 · HD 62066

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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