Theta Chamaeleontis
Theta Chamaeleontis (θ Cha), is a star located in the constellation Chamaeleon. Theta Chamaeleontis is also known as HR 3340, and HD 71701. Theta Chamaeleontis is located at Right Ascension 08h 20m 38s and Declination −77° 29′ 04″. Theta Chamaeleontis is a binary star system.
Theta Chamaeleontis A is an K0III giant star with an effective temperature of 5000 Kelvin. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.35, an absolute magnitude of +0.974 and a mass of 3 solar masses. It is located 47 pc (153 light-years) from the Sun.
Theta Chamaeleontis B is a white dwarf star with apparent visual magnitude of 12.05. The angular separation between Theta A and Theta B is 31 arcsec.
References
- http://www.alcyone.de/cgi-bin/search.pl?object=HR3340
- http://server3.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=1&object_id=955
- http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HR+3340&submit=SIMBAD+search
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