42-Cam (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 42-Cam is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 21:12 (EDT), 45° above your north-western horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:24, 18° above your northern horizon.
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Name
42-Cam
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h50m57s [4] |
| Declination: | +67°34'19" [4] |
| Constellation: | Camelopardalis |
| Magnitude: | 5.11 (V) [2] 4.92 (BT) [2] 5.10 (VT) [2] 5.10 (G) [4] 5.02 (BP) [4] 5.23 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 239.9 parsec 782.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.15 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 4.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 8.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.79 |
Sources