Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Camelopardalis |
Right ascension | 06h 46m 14.1500s[1] |
Declination | +79° 33′ 53.3185″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.44[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F7 V[3] |
U−B color index | −0.02[4] |
B−V color index | +0.53[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 15.2±0.2[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −99.163 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −604.042 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 54.9380 ± 0.0595 mas[1] |
Distance | 59.37 ± 0.06 ly (18.20 ± 0.02 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +4.18[2] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.13+0.03 −0.02[6] M☉ |
Radius | 1.19[7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1.82[7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.40±0.02[6] cgs |
Temperature | 6,273±91[6] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.12±0.06[6] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 6.63[8] km/s |
Age | 1.27+1.65 −0.22[6] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 46588 (HR 2401; Gliese 240.1) is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation Camelopardalis. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.44,[2] allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye. The object is relatively close at a distance of only 59 light years[1] but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 15 km/s.[5]
HD 46588 is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star with a spectral classification of F7 V.[3] It has 113% the mass of the Sun[6] and 119% its radius.[7] It shines at 182% the luminosity of the Sun[7] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,273 K,[6] giving it a yellow white glow. Isochronic measurements place HD 46588's age at 1.27 billion years,[6] but it's poorly constrained. The star's metallicity is 76% that of the Sun[6] and spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 6.63 km/s.[8]
Due to the star's close proximity to Earth and similarity to the Sun, it has been well studied by astronomers.[9] No planets have been found, but a brown dwarf companion was discovered in a WISE survey in 2011. It has a mass of 67.04+8.38
−19.90 Jupiter masses and a temperature of 1360+50
−80 K.[9] An infrared excess has been discovered around HD 46588, indicating a cold debris disk with a temperature of 60 K.
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (years) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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dust disk | 26.34 AU | — | — |
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