DZ Camelopardalis Star Facts (Distance, Colour & more)

DZ Camelopardalis is a Variable Star that is located in the constellation of Camelopardalis. Based on the spectral type (K5) of the star, the DZ Camelopardalis colour is orange to red . It is not part of the Camelopardalis constellation outline but is within the borders of the constellation.

The star can not be seen by the naked eye, you need a telescope to see it.

DZ Camelopardalis is located in the Milky Way galaxy, this is the galaxy that you reside in. In case you're wondering, DZ Camelopardalis is not located within the Solar System, there is only one star in the Solar System and that is the Sun.

There are no Exoplanets recorded on the site for the star and is most likely the case. If an exoplanet had been spotted or confirmed, it will probably be recorded in Exoplanet EU database.

No one has visited DZ Camelopardalis and we have no probes on a rendezvous with the star.

DZ Camelopardalis Location

The location of the variable star in the night sky is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the object is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For DZ Camelopardalis, the location is 05h 38m 20.63 and +69° 23` 57.9 .

DZ Camelopardalis Physical Properties

DZ Camelopardalis Colour

Based on the star's spectral type of K5 , DZ Camelopardalis's colour and type is orange to red variable star.

There is no relationship between colour and size, a red star can be both the largest and the smallest stars in the Universe. Small stars are more energy efficient than larger stars and live longer.

DZ Camelopardalis Temperature

Based on the spectral type as we don't have the exact temperature', we can deduce that the surface temperature of the star is in the order of 3,500 and 5,000K based on the notes from Harvard University. To put this in context, the temperature of our Sun is about 5,778 Kelvin as said by Google.

• Blue (O) > 25,000K
• Blue/White (B) = 10,000 - 25,000K
• Blue/White (A) = 7,500 - 10,000K
• Yellow/White (F) = 6,000 - 7,500K
• Yellow (G) = 5,000 - 6,000K
• Orange/Red (K) = 3,500 - 5000K
• Red (M) = < 3,500K
• Red (C) = < 3,500K

There is a relationship between colour and temperature, stars that are closer to red in the rainbow spectrum are cooler whereas those closer to blue are hotter. Those that are blue stars are normally identified as being young stars whereas redder stars are usually older stars, ones that are at the end of their life. An example of when its a Blue Straggler, the star has stolen matter from a nearby star and grown to appear youthful when its not. These stars are found mainly in Star Clusters.

DZ Camelopardalis Apparent (Brightness) and Absolute Magnitudes

Absolute Magnitude is the apparent magnitude of the star from a distance of 10 parsecs or 32.6 light years. This assumes that there is nothing in between the object and the viewer such as dust clouds. To really compare the brightness of the star, it is best to use Absolute rather than Apparent Magnitude.

Magnitude, whether it be apparent/visual or absolute magnitude is measured by a number, the smaller the number, the brighter the Star is. Our own Sun is the brightest star and therefore has the lowest of all magnitudes, -26.74. A faint star will have a high number.

DZ Camelopardalis apparent magnitude is 8.45, this is a measure of the brightness of the star as seen from Earth. Apparent Magnitude is also known as Visual Magnitude. Using the supplied Parallax value, DZ Camelopardalis absolute magnitude is

Visible from Earth

DZ Camelopardalis cannot be seen from the Earth with the naked eye, it is just too far and too dim to be seen. Only objects with a magnitude of 6.5 or less can be seen on a clear night.

DZ Camelopardalis Distance from Earth

Using the original Hipparcos data that was released in 1997, the parallax to the star was given as -0.32000 which means DZ Camelopardalis distance from Earth is -10192.60 light years away from Earth or -3125 parsecs. If you want that in miles, it is about -59,918,476,978,711,263.286, based on 1 Ly = 5,878,625,373,183.61 miles.

Alternative Names and Meanings

• HIP26517 is the reference name for the star in the Hipparcos Star Catalogue.
• The Id of the star in the Henry Draper catalogue is HD36533. The catalogue was started by the American doctor and has been expanded on over the years.
• The star is catalogued in the Tycho-2 star catalogue as TYC-4348-5-1. The catalogue lists 2 millions stars and its homepage is E.S.A.
• BD number is the number that the star was filed under in the Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung, a star catalogue that was put together by the Bonn Observatory between 1859 to 1903. The star's BD Number is BD+69 336.
• The two letters at the start identify that the star is a variable star. The letters are allocated as the next in the list up e.g. GH follow GG, all the way up to ZZ then a V and a number is the next in the order.

DZ Camelopardalis brightness ranges from a magnitude of 8.618 to a magnitude of 8.486 over its variable period. The smaller the magnitude, the brighter the star. Its variable/pulsating period lasts for 0.1 days (variability).

Source of Information

The source of the information if it has a Hip I.D. is from Simbad, the Hipparcos data library based at the University at Strasbourg, France. Hipparcos was a E.S.A. satellite operation launched in 1989 for four years. The items in red are values that I've calculated so they could well be wrong. Information regarding Metallicity and/or Mass is from the E.U. Exoplanets. The information was obtained as of 12th Feb 2017.

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