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Star in the constellation Chamaleon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alpha Chamaeleontis, Latinized from α Chamaeleontis, is a solitary[10] star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Chamaeleon. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.06[2] and thus is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. With an annual parallax shift of 51.12 mas,[1] it is located 63.8 light years from the Sun. The star is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −13 km/s,[4] and is predicted to come to within 47 light-years in 666,000 years.[5]
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Chamaeleon |
Right ascension | 08h 18m 31.55319s[1] |
Declination | −76° 55′ 10.9964″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.06[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F5 V Fe-0.8[3] |
U−B color index | −0.04[2] |
B−V color index | +0.40[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −13.4±0.5[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 111.12[1] mas/yr Dec.: 107.49[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 51.12 ± 0.12 mas[1] |
Distance | 63.8 ± 0.1 ly (19.56 ± 0.05 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +2.59[5] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.42[6] M☉ |
Radius | 2.11+0.14 −0.05[7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 7.542±0.062[7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.28±0.14[6] cgs |
Temperature | 6,580+91 −209[7] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.26[3] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 0[8] km/s |
Age | 1.8[6] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
This is an F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V Fe−0.8,[3] where the 'Fe−0.8' notation indicates an anomalously low abundance of iron. It has an estimated 1.4 times the mass of the Sun,[6] 2.1 times the Sun's radius,[7] and radiates 7.5 times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 6,580 K.[7] The star is around 1.8[6] billion years old with a projected rotational velocity that is too low to be measured.[8] The star has been examined for an infrared excess that would suggest the presence of an orbiting debris disk, but none was found.[11]
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