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Beta Camelopardalis — Star in Camelopardalis

Magnitude 4.0m Star Camelopardalis (Cam) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 4.03
Spectral Type G1Ib-IIa supergiant
Star Color Orange (B-V 0.92)
Distance 362 ly

2Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 03m 25.1s
Dec +60° 26' 32.0"
Constellation Camelopardalis (Cam)
HR 1603
HIP 23522
HD 31910
SAO 13351
Bayer Beta
Flamsteed 10 Cam
Double Cat 3615
SIMBAD

3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Easy Medium+ Medium
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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15Stellar Notes

Color excess E(B-V) = +0.16.
Group with HR 1622 and 1719, all nearly same proper motion.
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Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1569
Medium+
Galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.2 5.8° Camelopardalis
IC 361
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.7 6.1° Camelopardalis
ST Cam
Easy
Mira-type variable, range 6.3–8.5
Variable Star mag 7.00 7.8° Camelopardalis
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