42 Camelopardalis

Starbox short
name=42 Camelopardalis
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Camelopardalis
ra=06^h50^m57.1^s
dec=+67°34′19″
spectral=B4IV
appmag_v=+5.14
dist_ly=867 ± 141
dist_pc=266 ± 43
names=HR 2490, HD 48879, BD+67°454, FK5 2523, HIP 32864, SAO 13973, GC 8902

42 Camelopardalis is a star in the constellation Camelopardalis.

42 Camelopardalis is a blue-white variable B-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +5.14. It is approximately 867 light years from Earth.

It is notable as demonstrating similarities between the short-period B-type variables and the Cepheid variables.

References

*Variations on the Spectrum of 42 Camelopardalis, Edwards, D.L., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 93, p.729 cite:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1933MNRAS..93..729E