2 Camelopardalis

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2 Camelopardalis
Observation data
Epoch J2000        Equinox J2000
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension 04h 39m 58.06187s [1]
Declination +53° 28 22.4654 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.36 [2]
Characteristics
A
Spectral type A8V [3]
U−B color index +0.05 [2]
B−V color index +0.34 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+20.1±3.2 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +44.269 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −77.004 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)15.3220 ± 0.3790  mas [1]
Distance 213 ± 5  ly
(65 ± 2  pc)
Orbit [5]
Primary2 Cam A
Companion2 Cam B
Period (P)26.34 ± 0.05 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.1727 ± 0.0023″
Eccentricity (e)0.846 ± 0.005
Inclination (i)113.3 ± 3.4°
Longitude of the node (Ω)12.6 ± 2.5°
Periastron epoch (T)B 1988.98 ± 0.03
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
42.9 ± 2.6°
Orbit [5]
Primary2 Cam AB
Companion2 Cam C
Period (P)660 yr
Semi-major axis (a)1.666 ± 0.019″
Eccentricity (e)0.405 ± 0.015
Inclination (i)132.5 ± 1.9°
Longitude of the node (Ω)286.2 ± 1.8°
Periastron epoch (T)B 2011.7 ± 2.7
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
105.1 ± 5.4°
Details [5]
A
Mass 1.94  M
B
Mass 1.45  M
C
Mass 1.5  M
Other designations
2 Cam, BD+53° 794, HD  29316, HIP  21730, HR  1466, SAO  24744, ADS  3358 ABC, CCDM J04400+5328ABC, WDS 04400+5328
Database references
SIMBAD 2 Cam
2 Cam AB
2 Cam C

2 Camelopardalis is a triple star [6] system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis, next to the southern constellation border with Perseus. It is dimly visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.36. [2] The system is located at a distance of about 213 light-years (65 parsecs ) from the Sun, based on its parallax. [1] It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +20 km/s. [4]

The primary member of 2 Camelopardalis, designated component A, is an A-type main-sequence star with a spectral type of A8V. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.86, and has a secondary with an apparent magnitude of 7.35, designated component B. [7] The two orbit each other on a very eccentric orbit with a period of 26.34 years. [5] Further out, there is an eight-magnitude companion (designated component C), orbiting once every few hundred years. [5] As the third star was previously thought to be relatively massive for its luminosity, it was suspected of being a binary star itself, [8] but the current estimate of component C's magnitude as a single star matches its absolute magnitude. [5]

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