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11 Camelopardalis — Star in Camelopardalis

Magnitude 5.0–5.2m Star Camelopardalis (Cam) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.08
Range 5.03 - 5.25
Variable Type Gamma Cassiopeiae (Eruptive Be Star)
Spectral Type B2.5Ve
Star Color Blue (B-V -0.08)

2Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 06m 08.5s
Dec +58° 58' 21.0"
Constellation Camelopardalis (Cam)
HR 1622
HIP 23734
HD 32343
SAO 25001
Flamsteed 11 Cam
Variable ID BV Cam
SIMBAD

3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Medium Hard+ Hard+
50mm finder Easy Easy Easy
150mm scope Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

4Visibility

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Best season Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

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14Stellar Notes

Gamma Cas, amp. 0.07V, period a few hours?
Optical pair with HR 1623.
Group with HR 1603, 1719.
Pole on. Rotationally unstable Be shell star.

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 361
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.7 6.2° Camelopardalis
NGC 1569
Medium+
Galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.2 7.2° Camelopardalis
ST Cam
Easy
Mira-type variable, range 6.3–8.5
Variable Star mag 7.00 9.3° Camelopardalis
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