Lambda Columbae
Probable binary B-type star in Columba, possibly a rotating ellipsoidal variable.
Lambda Columbae is a probable binary star in the southern constellation of Columba, faintly visible to the naked eye at magnitude 4.88. It is a B-type main-sequence star with an estimated distance of about 345 light-years, and it may be a rotating ellipsoidal variable if confirmed as a close binary system.
Quick Facts
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.88
- Spectral type
- B5 V
- Distance
- approximately 345 ly
- Radial velocity
- +30 km/s
- Effective temperature
- 15,057 K
- Age
- around 57 million years
- Projected rotational velocity
- 88 km/s
- Variable type
- suspected rotating ellipsoidal variable
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