Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 ( ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Chamaeleon |
Right ascension | 12h 18m 20.82459s [1] |
Declination | −79° 18′ 44.0710″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.24 [2] (4.24 to 4.30) [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B4 V [4] |
U−B color index | −0.52 [2] |
B−V color index | −0.13 [2] |
R−I color index | −0.10 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +23.0 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −37.97
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: +11.15 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 10.93 ± 0.15 mas [1] |
Distance | 298 ± 4
ly (91 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.57 [7] |
Details | |
Mass | 5.0±0.1 [8] M☉ |
Radius | 2.84±0.13 [9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 212 [10] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.03±0.05 [9] cgs |
Temperature | 14,495±157 [9] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 255 [5] km/s |
Age | 22.7±7.2 [8] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Beta Chamaeleontis, Latinized from β Chamaeleontis, is the third-brightest star in the southern constellation of Chamaeleon. A solitary, [12] suspected variable star, it is visible to the naked eye as a faint blue-white point of light with an apparent visual magnitude that has been measured ranging between 4.24 and 4.30. [3] Parallax measurements yield a distance estimate of 298 light years from the Sun, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +23 km/s. [6]
This is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B4 V [4] that is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. It has been catalogued both as a Be star [2] and a normal star. [13] This object is about 23 [8] million years old with a high projected rotational velocity of 255 km/s. [5] The rapid rotation is creating an equatorial bulge that is 12% larger than the polar radius. [14] The star has five [8] times the mass of the Sun and 2.8 [9] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 212 [10] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 14,495 K. [9]
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Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 ( ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Chamaeleon |
Right ascension | 12h 18m 20.82459s [1] |
Declination | −79° 18′ 44.0710″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.24 [2] (4.24 to 4.30) [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B4 V [4] |
U−B color index | −0.52 [2] |
B−V color index | −0.13 [2] |
R−I color index | −0.10 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +23.0 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −37.97
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: +11.15 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 10.93 ± 0.15 mas [1] |
Distance | 298 ± 4
ly (91 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.57 [7] |
Details | |
Mass | 5.0±0.1 [8] M☉ |
Radius | 2.84±0.13 [9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 212 [10] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.03±0.05 [9] cgs |
Temperature | 14,495±157 [9] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 255 [5] km/s |
Age | 22.7±7.2 [8] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Beta Chamaeleontis, Latinized from β Chamaeleontis, is the third-brightest star in the southern constellation of Chamaeleon. A solitary, [12] suspected variable star, it is visible to the naked eye as a faint blue-white point of light with an apparent visual magnitude that has been measured ranging between 4.24 and 4.30. [3] Parallax measurements yield a distance estimate of 298 light years from the Sun, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +23 km/s. [6]
This is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B4 V [4] that is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. It has been catalogued both as a Be star [2] and a normal star. [13] This object is about 23 [8] million years old with a high projected rotational velocity of 255 km/s. [5] The rapid rotation is creating an equatorial bulge that is 12% larger than the polar radius. [14] The star has five [8] times the mass of the Sun and 2.8 [9] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 212 [10] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 14,495 K. [9]
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