HD 34557 is a double star in the northern constellation of Auriga. The fainter star has an angular separation of 0.380″ from the primary component.[3] They have a combined apparent magnitude of 5.52,[2] making HD 34557 faintly visible to the naked eye from dark skies. Based upon parallax measurements made with the Hipparcos satellite, this system is roughly 280 light years away.[1] The primary component is spinning rapidly, with a projected rotational velocity of 217 km/s.[7] It has a stellar classification of A3V,[4] making it an A-type main sequence star.
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Auriga |
Right ascension | 05h 20m 14.66904s[1] |
Declination | +41° 05′ 10.3522″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.52[2] (5.58 + 8.55)[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A3V[4] |
U−B color index | +0.04[2] |
B−V color index | +0.11[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 22±4.2[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −18.97[1] mas/yr Dec.: −53.43[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 11.77 ± 0.58 mas[1] |
Distance | 280 ± 10 ly (85 ± 4 pc) |
Details | |
Radius | 1.6[6] R☉ |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 217[7] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600
- ^ a b c d Deutschman, W. A.; Davis, R. J.; Schild, R. E. (February 1976), "The galactic distribution of interstellar absorption as determined from the Celescope catalog of ultraviolet stellar observations and a new catalog of UBV, H-beta photoelectric observations", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 30: 97–225, Bibcode:1976ApJS...30...97D, doi:10.1086/190359
- ^ a b Eggleton, P. P.; et al. (2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976
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- ^ 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. S2CID 119231169.
- ^ Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 367 (2): 521–24, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754
- ^ a b Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv:astro-ph/0610785, Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224, S2CID 18475298