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Gamma Columbae, Latinized from γ Columbae, is a possible wide binary star system in the southern constellation of Columba. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.36. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.75 mas, it is located roughly 870 light years from the Sun.

The primary component is an evolved B-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of B2.5 IV. It is a candidate slowly pulsating B-type star with a mean longitudinal magnetic field strength of 94±28 G. The star has nearly six times the mass of the Sun and close to five times the Sun's girth. It is radiating over 2,000 times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 12,904 K. The estimated age of this star is around 24 million years. At this age, it is thought to be the remnant of a once more massive star that just finished hydrogen fusion, and is undergoing structural readjustment. This process is extremely short, on the order of ten thousand years, making it a rare object.

The visual magnitude 12.664 companion is a G-type main sequence star with a classification of G8 V. It lies at an angular separation of 33.8 arc seconds from the primary, which corresponds to a projected physical separation of 8,844 AU. Despite the young age of these stars, there has been no X-ray emission detected.

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External links

• Kaler, James B. (January 29, 2016), "Gamma Columbae", STARS, University of Illinois, retrieved 2016-12-21.

v t e Constellation of Columba
List of stars in Columba Columba in Chinese astronomy
Stars	Bayer α (Phact) β (Wazn) γ δ ε η θ (Elkurud) κ λ (Tsze) μ ν ν ξ ο π π σ Variable WZ AF AP HR 1721 1758 1835 1877 1958 2069 2082 2131 2149 2263 2288 2399 2411 2445 2446 HD 43848 Other NGTS-1 NGTS-3 WASP-63
Exoplanets NGTS-1b NGTS-3Ab NGTS-4b WASP-63b
Star clusters NGC 1851
Galaxies	NGC 1792 1808 1989 1992 2090 Other ESO 306-17 PKS 0521-365
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• Bayer objects
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• Bright Star Catalogue objects