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51 Camelopardalis

51 Camelopardalis
Location of 51 Cam on the map (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension 07h 46m 40.07812s[1]
Declination +65° 27′ 20.4266″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.93±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2 III[3]
B−V color index +1.18[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−30.9±0.2[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +27.601 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: +17.656 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)9.7528 ± 0.0372 mas[1]
Distance334 ± 1 ly
(102.5 ± 0.4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.92[6]
Details
Mass1.08[7] M☉
Radius11.8+0.3
−0.9[8] R☉
Luminosity57.2±0.4[8] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.25[9] cgs
Temperature4,626±122[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.00[11] dex
Age9.25[7] Gyr
Other designations
51 Cam, AG+65°409, BD+65°593, FK5 2602, GC 10420, HD 62066, HIP 37949, HR 2975, SAO 14321[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

51 Camelopardalis (51 Cam), also designated as HD 62066, is a solitary star located in the northern circumpolar constellation Camelopardalis. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.93.[2] Gaia DR3 parallax measurements imply a distance of 334 light-years[1] and it is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of −30.9 km/s.[5] At its current distance, 51 Cam's brightness is diminished by 0.17 magnitudes due to interstellar extinction[13] and it has an absolute magnitude of +0.92.[6]

51 Cam has a stellar classification of K2 III,[3] indicating that it is an evolved K-type giant star. It has a comparable mass to the Sun[7] but it has more than twice the latter's age at 9.25 billion years.[7] As a result, it has exhausted hydrogen at its core and it has expanded to 11.8 times the radius of the Sun.[8] It radiates 57.2 times the luminosity of the Sun[8] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,626 K.[10] 51 Cam has a solar metallicity at [Fe/H] = +0.00.[11]

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