Kamelos

HR 2363 · HIP 31940

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 5.72 mag
Parallax: 4.67 mas → about 698.4 light-years away
Spectral type: K5III
Right ascension: 100.1203°
Declination: 77.9958°
Designation: HR 2363
HIP number: 31940
IAU name adopted: 2025-12-25
Name language: Greek
Name origin (IAU): "Kamelos" is Greek for camel, a pun with the name of the constellation "Camelopardalis" whose Latin term is a Greek loanword, literally meaning "checkered camel" = giraffe. On this base, Jacob Bartsch proposed 1624 "Camelus Rebeccae" as an alternative name for the constellation Camelopardalis, a reference to the story of Abraham's daughter-in-law, Rebecca.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 698 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1328 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 78° — from Seoul (37.6° N) it never sets and circles the northern sky all night.

Worked out from this object's official values.