Beta Camelopardalis

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β Camelopardalis
Location of β Cam (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension 05h 03m 25.08963s[1]
Declination +60° 26′ 32.0895″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.02[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G1Ib–IIa[3]
U−B color index +0.62[2]
B−V color index +0.93[2]
R−I color index +0.49[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−1.90[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −6.50[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −14.15[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.74 ± 0.21 mas[1]
Distance870 ± 50 ly
(270 ± 20 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−3.1[5]
Details
Mass6.5[3] M☉
Radius58±13[6] R☉
Luminosity1,592[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.79[3] cgs
Temperature5,300[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.06[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)11.7[9] km/s
Age53[3] Myr
Other designations
β Cam, 10 Camelopardalis, BD+60°856, FK5 182, HD 31910, HIP 23522, HR 1603, SAO 13351, ADS 3615 A, WDS J05034+6027
Database references
SIMBADdata
Data sources:
Hipparcos Catalogue,
CCDM (2002),
Bright Star Catalogue (5th rev. ed.)

Beta Camelopardalis, Latinised from β Camelopardalis, is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis. It is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.02.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.74 mas as seen from Earth, it is located roughly 870 light-years from the Sun. It is moving closer with a radial velocity of −1.90 km/s[4] and is most likely a single[10] star.

This is a yellow-hued G-type supergiant/bright giant with a stellar classification of G1 Ib–IIa.[3] It is an estimated 60 million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 11.7 km/s.[9] This is an unusually high rate of rotation for an evolved star of this type. One possible explanation is that it may have engulfed a nearby giant planet, such as a hot Jupiter.[11]

Beta Camelopardalis has 6.5[3] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to around 58[6] the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 1,592[7] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,300 K.[3] It is a source of X-ray emission.[12]

β Cam has two visual[10] companions: a 7th-magnitude A5-class star at an angular separation of 84 arcseconds; and a 12th-magnitude star at 15 arcseconds.[13]

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