Magnitude 6.45 | Constellation Auriga | |
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HD 40873 is a star in the northern constellation of Auriga. Located around 440 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity approximately 38 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 7,753 K. It is a suspected variable star.
Samuel Molyneux named this star Telescopica in Auriga. Flamsteed catalogued it as 35 Camelopardali Heveliana, which is the name James Bradley continued to use, although it is within the borders of the modern constellation Auriga. Francis Baily reclassified it to Auriga as star 1924 in the British Association's 1845 Catalogue of 8377 Stars.
Components
HD 40873 has a 9th magnitude class A5 companion about half an arc-minute away. The companion is itself a pair of stars, each of similar brightness, separated by 0.6".
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