43 Camelopardalis
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Right ascension | 06h 53m 42.24792s |
| Declination | +68° 53′ 17.9238″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.11 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B7 III |
| B−V color index | −0.114±0.003 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −21.0±4.2 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +5.001 mas/yr Dec.: +7.450 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.0749±0.1698 mas |
| Distance | 1,060 ± 60 ly (330 ± 20 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.26 |
| Details | |
| Mass | 5.01±0.31 M☉ |
| Radius | 4.4 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 724 L☉ |
| Temperature | 13,183 K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 190 km/s |
| Other designations | |
| 43 Cam, BD+69°394, FK5 259, GC 8957, HD 49340, HIP 33104, HR 2511, SAO 13986 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
43 Camelopardalis is a single star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis, located roughly 1,060 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.11. This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −21 km/s.
The stellar classification of 43 Camelopardalis is B7 III, matching that of a blue giant. It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 190 km/s. The star has five times the mass of the Sun and about 4.4 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 724 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 13,183 K.