α-Cam (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , α-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 03:40, 30° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:52 (EDT), 19° above your northern horizon.
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Name
α-Cam
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 04h54m03s [6] |
| Declination: | +66°20'33" [6] |
| Constellation: | Camelopardalis |
| Magnitude: | 4.31 (V) [3] 4.29 (BT) [2] 4.30 (VT) [2] 4.21 (G) [6] 4.23 (BP) [6] 4.15 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 1.7 kpc 5.5 klyr [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.01 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 7.2 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 1.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -6.83 |
Sources