Star · B5V
15 Cam
15 Cam is a main-sequence star of spectral type B5V in the constellation Camelopardalis, 1,020 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 24836 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Distance | 1,020 light-years (312.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.13 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −1.35 |
| Spectral type | B5V |
| Surface temperature | 10,530 K |
| Luminosity | 442 L☉ |
| Radius | 6.32 R☉ |
| Mass | 5.18 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 19m 27.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +58° 07′ 03″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 29.6 km/s |
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.13). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 32° S. North of latitude 32° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1006. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 18 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around 15 Cam, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ara. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.