Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Camelopardalis [1] |
Right ascension | 03h 57m 08.2886s [2] |
Declination | +61° 06′ 31.995″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.05 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K4III [4] |
U−B color index | +1.18 [5] |
B−V color index | +1.42 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −4.20±0.20 [2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −2.117(96) mas/yr [2] Dec.: −12.858(99) mas/yr [2] |
Parallax (π) | 3.1699±0.1037 mas [2] |
Distance | 1,030 ± 30 ly (320 ± 10 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 1.8 [6] M☉ |
Radius | 87 [7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 2,170 [7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 1.75 [6] cgs |
Temperature | 4,205 [6] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.02 [6] dex |
Other designations | |
BD+60°768, HD 24480, HIP 18488A, HR 1205, SAO 12968 [8] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 24480 is a cool giant star in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis. It has a stellar classification of K4III and an apparent magnitude of 5.05.
The nearby HD 24481 is at a similar distance and shares a common proper motion. It is a hotter, A- [4] or B-type star and a suspected spectroscopic binary system. [9] It is 1.71 arcseconds away from HD 24480. [10]