A-type star · white star

47 Cam

47 Cam is a white star in the constellation Camelopardalis 241 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,578 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 13.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 241 years ago.

241 lybrightness mag 6.36A8m

Also catalogued as HR 2772 · HD 56820 · HIP 35735

7,578 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
13.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A8m
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
241 years
at light speed from Earth
1.31×
as hot as the Sun
13.55×
the Sun's light output
2.02
absolute magnitude
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47 CamA-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
Star24 Lyn29 ly
Star12 Lyn32 ly
StarHR 289433 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.