Beta Chamaeleontis

β Chamaeleontis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Chamaeleon
Right ascension 12h 18m 20.8242s[1]
Declination −79° 18 44.063[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.24 to 4.30[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B5Vn[1]
U−B color index −0.51[3]
B−V color index −0.12[3]
R−I color index −0.10[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)23 ± 5[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −38.07[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 12.00[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.05 ± 0.51[1] mas
Distance270 ± 10 ly
(83 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.3[4]
Details
Mass5.0 ± 0.1[5] M
Radius2.84 ± 0.13[6] R
Surface gravity (log g)4.03 ± 0.05[6] cgs
Temperature14,495 ± 157[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)255[3] km/s
Age22.7 ± 7.2[5] Myr
Other designations
β Cha, Beta Chamaeleontis, Beta Cha, CD−78 495, CPD−78 741, FK5 459, GC 16775, HD 106911, HIP 60000, HR 4674, PPM 371459, SAO 256924.[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Beta Chamaeleontis (Beta Cha, β Chamaeleontis, β Cha) is a B-type main sequence star and is the third brightest star in the constellation of Chamaeleon.[1] It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 4.24 and 4.30.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 NSV 5532 -- Variable Star, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line September 5, 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 NSV 5532, database entry, New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars, the improved version, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line September 5, 2008.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 HR 4674, database entry, The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version), D. Hoffleit and W. H. Warren, Jr., CDS ID V/50. Accessed on line September 5, 2008.
  4. From apparent magnitude and parallax.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Fitzpatrick, E. L.; Massa, D. (March 2005), "Determining the Physical Properties of the B Stars. II. Calibration of Synthetic Photometry", The Astronomical Journal 129 (3): 1642–1662, arXiv:astro-ph/0412542, Bibcode:2005AJ....129.1642F, doi:10.1086/427855