16 Camelopardalis

16 Camelopardalis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension 05h 23m 27.84379s[1]
Declination +57° 32 39.8326[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.28[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A0Vn[3]
U−B color index −0.07[2]
B−V color index −0.03[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)12.0±3.7[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +15.94[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −54.99[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.70 ± 0.31[1] mas
Distance340 ± 10 ly
(103 ± 3 pc)
Details
Radius3.26[5] R
Temperature10,000[5] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)217[6] km/s
Age400[5] Myr
Orbit
CompanionCCDM 05234+5732 B
BU 1393
Semi-major axis (a)160.2"
Inclination (i)219°
Other designations
BD+57° 879, FK5 2402, HD 34787, HIP 25197, HR 1751, SAO 25161.
Database references
SIMBADdata
Data sources:
Hipparcos Catalogue,
CCDM (2002),
Bright Star Catalogue (5th rev. ed.)

16 Camelopardalis is a star in the constellation Camelopardalis. It has a dusty debris disk with a mean temperature of 120 K orbiting at a distance of 52 AU from the star. This disk has a combined mass equal to 2.1% the mass of the Earth.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357
  2. 1 2 3 Oja, T. (April 1983), "UBV photometry of FK4 and FK4 supplement stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 52: 131−134, Bibcode:1983A&AS...52..131O
  3. Cowley, A.; et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406, Bibcode:1969AJ.....74..375C, doi:10.1086/110819
  4. Kharchenko, N. V.; et al. (2007), "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ˜55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations", Astronomische Nachrichten 328 (9): 889, arXiv:0705.0878, Bibcode:2007AN....328..889K, doi:10.1002/asna.200710776
  5. 1 2 3 4 Rhee, Joseph H.; et al. (May 2007), "Characterization of Dusty Debris Disks: The IRAS and Hipparcos Catalogs", The Astrophysical Journal 660 (2): 1556–1571, arXiv:astro-ph/0609555, Bibcode:2007ApJ...660.1556R, doi:10.1086/509912
  6. Royer, F.; Zorec, J.; Gómez, A. E. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv:astro-ph/0610785, Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224

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