5 Camelopardalis

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5 Camelopardalis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation
Camelopardalis
Right ascension 04h 55m 03.13350s[1]
Declination +55° 15′ 32.8530″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.522[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B9.5 V[3] or B9.5 IV[4]
U−B color index +0.001[2]
B−V color index +0.038[2]
Distance
770 ± 20 ly
(236 ± 5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.84[6]
Details
Myr
HR 1555, SAO 24904, WDS J04551+5516A[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

5 Camelopardalis is a

light years away from the Sun as determined using parallax.[1] With an apparent magnitude of 5.5,[2] it can be seen with the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star. The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +2.4 km/s.[5]

The primary component is a

mass of the Sun. The star is radiating 226 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,931 K.[7]

The magnitude 12.9 common

angular separation of 12.9″.[11] It appears to be slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun.[12]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR
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  2. ^
    Bibcode:1977HelR....1....0M
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  3. ^
    doi:10.1086/110819
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  4. ^
    doi:10.1086/192182
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  5. ^
    Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W
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  6. S2CID 119257644
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  7. ^
    ISSN 0004-6256
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  8. S2CID 55586789
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  9. S2CID 118345778
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  10. ^ "5 Cam", SIMBAD, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2019-04-14.
  11. ^
    S2CID 14878976
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  12. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR
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