Beta Chamaeleontis

Starbox begin
name = β ChamaeleontisStarbox observe
epoch = J2000.0
equinox = J2000.0 (ICRS)
constell = Chamaeleon
ra = RA|12|18|20.8242SIMBAD link|bet+cha|NSV 5532 -- Variable Star, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line September 5, 2008.]
dec = DEC|−79|18|44.063
appmag_v=4.24 to 4.30NSV 5532, database entry, [http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/nsv/nsv.dat New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars, the improved version] , Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line September 5, 2008.] Starbox character
class = B5Vn
u-b = −0.51 [http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=V/50/catalog&recno=4674 HR 4674] , database entry, The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version), D. Hoffleit and W. H. Warren, Jr., CDS ID [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?V/50 V/50] . Accessed on line September 5, 2008.]
b-v = −0.12
r-i = −0.10Starbox astrometry
radial_v = 23 ± 5
prop_mo_ra = −38.07
prop_mo_dec = 12.00
parallax = 12.05
p_error = 0.51
parallax_footnote =
absmag_v= −0.3 [From apparent magnitude and parallax.] Starbox detail
rotational_velocity = 255
radius = 3.1 [http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=II/224/cadars.dat&recno=5573 HD 106911] , database entry, Catalog of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS), 3rd edition, L. E. Pasinetti-Fracassini, L. Pastori, S. Covino, and A. Pozzi, CDS ID [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?II/224 II/224] . Accessed on line September 5, 2008.] Starbox catalog
names=β Cha, Beta Chamaeleontis, Beta Cha, CD−78 495, CPD−78 741, FK5 459, GC 16775, HD 106911, HIP 60000, HR 4674, PPM 371459, SAO 256924.Starbox reference
Simbad=bet+cha

Beta Chamaeleontis (Beta Cha / β Chamaeleontis / β Cha) is a B-type main sequence star and is the third brightest star in the constellation of Chamaeleon. It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 4.24 and 4.30.

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