HD 31975 (HR 1606) is a star situated in the southern circumpolar constellation Mensa. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.28, which is near the threshold of naked eye visibility. It is relatively close at a distance of about 106 light years[1] but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 26.9 km/s.[5]

HD 31975
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Mensa
Right ascension 04h 53m 05.6446s[1]
Declination −72° 24′ 27.6449″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.28[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F9 V Fe−0.5[3]
U−B color index +0.01[4]
B−V color index +0.52[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)26.8 ± 0.3[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −46.178[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +270.916[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)30.8217 ± 0.0217 mas[1]
Distance105.82 ± 0.07 ly
(32.44 ± 0.02 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+3.72[2]
Details
Mass1.13[6] M
Radius1.46[6] R
Luminosity2.77[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.16[6] cgs
Temperature6.165[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)6[8] km/s
Age3.5[7] Gyr
Other designations
15 G. Mensae, CD−72°231, CPD−72°332, GC 6031, HD 31975, HIP 22717, HR 1606, SAO 256139, WDS J04531-7225A
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 31975 has a stellar classification of F9 V Fe−0.5, indicating that it is a F-type main-sequence star with a mild under abundance of iron in its atmosphere.[3] At present it has 120% the mass of the Sun and 146% the radius of the Sun.[6] It shines at double the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,165 K,[6] giving it a yellow-white glow. HD 31975 has a similar metallicity to the Sun[7] and at an age of 3.5 billion years[7] it spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity of km/s.[8]

The Washington Double Star Catalog lists a faint M5 companion 16.5" away, which is related to the star.[9]

References

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  2. ^ a b Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
  3. ^ a b Gray, R. O.; Corbally, C. J.; Garrison, R. F.; McFadden, M. T.; Bubar, E. J.; McGahee, C. E.; O'Donoghue, A. A.; Knox, E. R. (July 2006). "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 pc--The Southern Sample". The Astronomical Journal. 132 (1): 161–170. arXiv:astro-ph/0603770. Bibcode:2006AJ....132..161G. doi:10.1086/504637.
  4. ^ a b Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1 January 1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4: 99–110. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  5. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119231169.
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  7. ^ a b c d Casagrande, L.; Schönrich, R.; Asplund, M.; Cassisi, S.; Ramírez, I.; Meléndez, J.; Bensby, T.; Feltzing, S. (June 2011). "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s): Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey⋆". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 530: A138. arXiv:1103.4651. Bibcode:2011A&A...530A.138C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276. ISSN 0004-6361.
  8. ^ a b Nordström, B.; Mayor, M.; Andersen, J.; Holmberg, J.; Pont, F.; Jørgensen, B. R.; Olsen, E. H.; Udry, S.; Mowlavi, N. (May 2004). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ~14 000 F and G dwarfs". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 418: 989–1019. arXiv:astro-ph/0405198. Bibcode:2004A&A...418..989N. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035959. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 11027621.
  9. ^ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (December 2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466–3471. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. ISSN 0004-6256.