β-Cam (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , β-Cam is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:48, 52° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:02 (EDT), 12° above your northern horizon.
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Name
β-Cam
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 05h03m25s [4] |
| Declination: | +60°26'31" [4] |
| Constellation: | Camelopardalis |
| Magnitude: | 4.03 (V) [2] 5.13 (BT) [2] 4.12 (VT) [2] 3.79 (G) [4] 4.27 (BP) [4] 3.17 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 257.7 parsec 840.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.86 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 15.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 201.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.02 |
Sources