Alpha Cam

Alpha Cam = Alpha Camelopardalis
Beta Cam = Beta Camelopardalis
Cancer
Acubens = Alpha Cancri
Al Tarf = Beta Cancri
Asellus Borealis = Gamma Cancri
Tegmine = Zeta Cancri &
Iota Cnc = Iota Cancri
Kappa Cnc = Kappa Cancri
55 Cnc = 55 Cancri # ...

[1053] alpha Camelopardalis is only the third brightest star in the constellation, with a magnitude of 4.3. It is a blue O-type supergiant and an emission-line star, one losing mass very rapidly.

Northwest of alpha Cam is gamma, with a visual magnitude of only 4.63. This star is only twice the size of our Sun, and is about 180 light years away.

Brightest Stars: Beta Camelopardalis, Alpha Camelopardalis. Alpha Camelopardalis is a Blue Supergiant. Although it is very far away (6940 light-years) and hidden behind interstellar dust, it is visible to the naked eye.

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Topic: Astronomy