36 Camelopardalis

36 Camelopardalis

Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Camelopardalis
Right ascension	06^h 12^m 51.06255^s[1]
Declination	+65° 43′ 06.3160″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.344[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	K1 III-IIIb CH-0.5[3]
U−B color index	+2.708[4]
B−V color index	+0.764[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+1.15±0.13[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +6.240[1] mas/yr Dec.: −31.308[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	4.5905 ± 0.0728 mas[1]
Distance	710 ± 10 ly (218 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−1.33[6]
Details
Mass	1.24[7] M☉
Radius	42[8] R☉
Luminosity	714[8] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	1.26[7] cgs
Temperature	4,589[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.11[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	3.0[9] km/s
Other designations
36 Cam, BD+65°517, FK5 233, GC 7856, HD 41927, HIP 2940, HR 2165, SAO 13756[10]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

36 Camelopardalis is a single star^[11] in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.3. Parallax measurements provide a distance estimate of approximately 710 light years away from the Sun, and it is drifting away from the Earth with a radial velocity of −1.15 km/s.

36 Camelopardalis has a stellar classification of K1 III-IIIb, which indicates that it is a K-type giant star with a mild underabundance of CH molecules in its spectrum. At present it has 1.24 times the mass of the Sun but has expanded to an enlarged diameter of 42 R_☉. It shines at 714 L_☉ from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,589 K, giving it an orange glow. 36 Cam's metallicity is around solar level and spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 3 km/s.

References

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11. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976.