Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Camelopardalis |
Right ascension | 07h 00m 04.0372s [1] |
Declination | +76° 58′ 38.671″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.551 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K4 III [3] |
B−V color index | 1.399 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −29.47±0.19 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: 72.948(83)
mas/
yr
[1] Dec.: −13.442(109) mas/ yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 17.0753 ± 0.1093 mas [1] |
Distance | 191 ± 1
ly (58.6 ± 0.4 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.80 [5] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.239±0.217 [6] M☉ |
Radius | 18.68+0.34 −0.79 [7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 94.2±1.5 [7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.11 [2] cgs |
Temperature | 4,160+91 −38 [7] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.05 [2] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.4 [8] km/s |
Age | 4.817±2.347 [6] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 49878 (M Camelopardalis) is a single [10] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis. It has an orange hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.55. [2] The star is located at a distance of approximately 191 light years from the Sun, as determined from its parallax. [1] It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −29.5 km/s. [4] The star has been listed as a candidate member of the Wolf 630 moving group, but is most likely a field star. [11]
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K4 III, [3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 19 times the Sun's radius. [7] It is roughly 5 billion years old with 1.24 times the mass of the Sun. [6] The star is radiating 94 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,160 K. [7] It is spinning slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 1.4 km/s. [8]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Camelopardalis |
Right ascension | 07h 00m 04.0372s [1] |
Declination | +76° 58′ 38.671″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.551 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K4 III [3] |
B−V color index | 1.399 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −29.47±0.19 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: 72.948(83)
mas/
yr
[1] Dec.: −13.442(109) mas/ yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 17.0753 ± 0.1093 mas [1] |
Distance | 191 ± 1
ly (58.6 ± 0.4 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.80 [5] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.239±0.217 [6] M☉ |
Radius | 18.68+0.34 −0.79 [7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 94.2±1.5 [7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.11 [2] cgs |
Temperature | 4,160+91 −38 [7] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.05 [2] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.4 [8] km/s |
Age | 4.817±2.347 [6] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 49878 (M Camelopardalis) is a single [10] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis. It has an orange hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.55. [2] The star is located at a distance of approximately 191 light years from the Sun, as determined from its parallax. [1] It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −29.5 km/s. [4] The star has been listed as a candidate member of the Wolf 630 moving group, but is most likely a field star. [11]
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K4 III, [3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 19 times the Sun's radius. [7] It is roughly 5 billion years old with 1.24 times the mass of the Sun. [6] The star is radiating 94 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,160 K. [7] It is spinning slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 1.4 km/s. [8]