Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 03h 09m 36.74277s [1] |
Declination | +29° 04′ 37.4872″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.72 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B8 III [3] |
U−B color index | –0.15 [2] |
B−V color index | +0.115±0.005 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −2.0±4.3 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: +19.192
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −12.057 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.5853 ± 0.1194 mas [1] |
Distance | 910 ± 30
ly (279 ± 9 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.75 [4] |
Details | |
Mass | 4.1 [5] M☉ |
Radius | 9.49+0.32 −0.56 [1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 326±13 [1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.948±0.023 [5] cgs |
Temperature | 7,961+246 −128 [1] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 196±10 [5] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
55 Arietis is a single
[7]
star in the northern
zodiac
constellation of
Aries. 55 Arietis is the
Flamsteed designation. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued point of light with an
apparent visual magnitude of 5.72.
[2] Based upon an annual
parallax shift of 3.6
mas,
[1] it is approximately 910
light-years (280
parsecs) distant from Earth, give or take a 30 light-year
margin of error. Eggen (1995) listed it as a
proper motion candidate for membership in the
IC 2391 supercluster.
[8] It may be a
runaway star, having a
peculiar velocity of 25.9+3.9
−6.1 km/s relative to its neighbors.
[9]
The spectrum of this star matches a B-type giant with a stellar classification of B8 III. [3] It has a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 196 km/s. [5] The star has 4.1 [5] times the mass of the Sun but 9.5 [1] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 326 [1] times as much luminosity as the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,961 K. [1]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 03h 09m 36.74277s [1] |
Declination | +29° 04′ 37.4872″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.72 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B8 III [3] |
U−B color index | –0.15 [2] |
B−V color index | +0.115±0.005 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −2.0±4.3 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: +19.192
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −12.057 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.5853 ± 0.1194 mas [1] |
Distance | 910 ± 30
ly (279 ± 9 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.75 [4] |
Details | |
Mass | 4.1 [5] M☉ |
Radius | 9.49+0.32 −0.56 [1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 326±13 [1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.948±0.023 [5] cgs |
Temperature | 7,961+246 −128 [1] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 196±10 [5] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
55 Arietis is a single
[7]
star in the northern
zodiac
constellation of
Aries. 55 Arietis is the
Flamsteed designation. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued point of light with an
apparent visual magnitude of 5.72.
[2] Based upon an annual
parallax shift of 3.6
mas,
[1] it is approximately 910
light-years (280
parsecs) distant from Earth, give or take a 30 light-year
margin of error. Eggen (1995) listed it as a
proper motion candidate for membership in the
IC 2391 supercluster.
[8] It may be a
runaway star, having a
peculiar velocity of 25.9+3.9
−6.1 km/s relative to its neighbors.
[9]
The spectrum of this star matches a B-type giant with a stellar classification of B8 III. [3] It has a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 196 km/s. [5] The star has 4.1 [5] times the mass of the Sun but 9.5 [1] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 326 [1] times as much luminosity as the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,961 K. [1]