17 Camelopardalis
Star in the constellation Camelopardalis
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17 Camelopardalis is a single[9] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis, located roughly 960 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, red-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.44. This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of â20 km/s.
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Right ascension | 05h 30m 10.20325s[1] |
| Declination | +63° 04â² 01.9891â³[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.44[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | AGB[3] |
| Spectral type | M1IIIa[4] |
| BâV color index | 1.704±0.004[5] |
| Variable type | suspected[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | â20.89±0.23[1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: â5.602[1] mas/yr Dec.: â4.751[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (Ï) | 3.0424±0.1380 mas[1] |
| Distance | 1,070 ± 50 ly (330 ± 10 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | â1.85[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.64[6] Mâ |
| Radius | 100[7] Râ |
| Luminosity | 3,230[6] Lâ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 0.15[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 3,852[7] K |
| Other designations | |
| 17 Cam, NSV 2003, BD+62°759, FK5 203, HD 35583, HIP 25769, HR 1802, SAO 13518[8] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
This is an ageing red giant star, currently on the asymptotic giant branch,[3] with a stellar classification of M1IIIa.[4] It is a suspected small amplitude variable.[2] The star has expanded to 100 times the Sun's radius and is radiating 3,230 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,852 K.