8 Camelopardalis

8 Camelopardalis is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis.^[7] It is a challenge to view with the naked eye, appearing as a dim, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.09.^[2] Based upon parallax, it is located around 750 light years away from the Sun.^[1] At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.58 due to interstellar dust.^[8]

8 Camelopardalis

Location of 8 Camelopardalis (circled)
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Camelopardalis
Right ascension	04h 59m 46.32836s[1]
Declination	+53° 09′ 19.6253″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	6.09[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	giant[3]
Spectral type	K4 III[4]
B−V color index	1.462±0.009[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	−0.01±0.13[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −13.532[1] mas/yr Dec.: −10.700[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	4.3709±0.0613 mas[1]
Distance	750 ± 10 ly (229 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−0.11[2]
Details
Mass	1.13[5] M☉
Radius	30.19±3.31[3] R☉
Luminosity	341±6[1] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	2.8[3] cgs
Temperature	4,257+978 −190[1] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	+0.06[3] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	1.6[6] km/s
Other designations
8 Cam, BD+52°906, HD 31579, HIP 23216, HR 1588, SAO 24943[7]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

This is an aging K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K4 III,^[4] which indicates it has exhausted the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. The star has expanded to 30^[3] times the radius of the Sun and is radiating 341^[1] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,257 K.^[1]