Omicron Cassiopeiae

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ο Cassiopeiae
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0
Constellation
(pronunciation)		 Cassiopeia
Right ascension 00h44m43.5s
Declination +48°17′04″
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.48
Distance 910 ± 210 ly
(278 ± 63 pc)
Spectral type B5IIIe
Other designations
22 Cassiopeiae, HR 193, HD 4180, BD+47°183, FK5 25, HIP 3504, SAO 36620, GC 882, ADS 622, CCDM J00447+4817

Omicron Cassiopeiae (ο Cas / ο Cassiopeiae) is a triple star system in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is approximately 910 light years from Earth.

The primary component, ο Cassiopeiae A, is a blue-white B-type giant with a mean apparent magnitude of +4.54. It is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +4.50 to +4.62. The primary is a spectroscopic binary, and its close companion completes one orbit every 2.83 years. A more distant companion, ο Cassiopeiae B, lies 33.6 arcseconds away. It is an eleventh magnitude, yellow-white F-type main sequence dwarf.


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