42 Camelopardalis

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42 Camelopardalis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.14[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B4 IV[3] or B5 V[2]
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Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +0.55[5] mas/yr
Dec.: +5.02[5] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.2456±0.2405 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.10[2]
Details
MassScript error: No such module "val".[6] Template:Solar mass
Radius5.6[7] Template:Solar radius
Luminosity (bolometric)2,460[8] Template:Solar luminosity
Temperature16,550[8] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)105[9] km/s
AgeScript error: No such module "val".[6] Myr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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42 Camelopardalis is a single[11] star in the constellation Camelopardalis,[10] located roughly 770 light years away from the Sun.[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.14.[2] The visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction of 0.22 due to interstellar dust.[12] It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 3 km/s.[4] 42 Camelopardalis has a peculiar velocity of Script error: No such module "val". and may be a runaway star.[6]

Observations made in 1933 appeared to suggest this could be a Beta Cephei variable,[13] but this was not confirmed by follow-up measurements.[14] The star has a stellar classification of B4 IV,[3] matching a B-type subgiant star. It has 6.5[6] times the mass of the Sun and about 5.6[7] times the Sun's radius. 42 Camelopardalis is 50[6] million years old with a high rotation rate, showing a projected rotational velocity of 105 km/s.[9] It is radiating 2,460[8] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 16,550 K.[8] This star is notable as demonstrating similarities between the short-period B-type variables and the Cepheid variables.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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