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Omicron Cassiopeiae

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Magnitude
  
4.5

Constellation
  
Cassiopeia

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Chi Cassiopeiae, Lambda Cassiopeiae, Psi Cassiopeiae, Iota Cassiopeiae, Tau Cassiopeiae

Omicron Cassiopeiae (ο Cas, ο Cassiopeiae) is a triple star system in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is approximately 910 light years from Earth.

The primary component, ο Cassiopeiae A, is a blue-white B-type giant with a mean apparent magnitude of +4.54 and a mass of 9.4. It is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +4.50 to +4.62. The primary is a spectroscopic binary, and its close companion completes one orbit every 2.83 years (1,031.3 days). A more distant companion, ο Cassiopeiae B, lies 33.6 arcseconds away. It is an eleventh magnitude, yellow-white F-type main sequence dwarf.

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Omicron Cassiopeiae Wikipedia