Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 50m 18.26563s [2] |
Declination | +45° 00′ 08.1439″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.13 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A3VpSiSrCrEuKsn [4] |
B−V color index | 0.043±0.004 [3] |
Variable type | α2 CVn [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 1.60 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: 65.353
[2]
mas/
yr Dec.: 4.133 [2] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 9.3224 ± 0.0916 mas [2] |
Distance | 350 ± 3
ly (107 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.18 [7] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.24±0.09 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 2.36±0.12 [8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 34.9±4.3 [8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.12±0.09 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 9,135±400 [8] K |
Rotation | 2.5616 [7] days |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 33 [4] km/s |
Age | 77 [9] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 4778, also known as HR 234 and GO Andromedae, is a variable star in the constellation Andromeda. Its magnitude varies by 0.04 magnitudes from the median of 6.12 with a period of approximately 2.55 days. [11] The star is located 350 light years away, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 9.32 mas. [2]
This is an Ap star with a stellar classification of A3VpSiSrCrEuKsn, [4] showing chemical peculiarities in its spectrum from strontium, chromium, and europium. [12] It is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable [5] with a magnetic field that varies across the range +1,400 to −1,100 G. [13] This rotation-modulated variability allows direct determination of the rotation rate of 2.5616 days. [7]
HD 4778 has 2.24 [7] times the mass of the Sun and 2.36 [8] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 35 [8] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,375 K. [7] It is about 77 [9] million years old.
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 50m 18.26563s [2] |
Declination | +45° 00′ 08.1439″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.13 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A3VpSiSrCrEuKsn [4] |
B−V color index | 0.043±0.004 [3] |
Variable type | α2 CVn [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 1.60 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: 65.353
[2]
mas/
yr Dec.: 4.133 [2] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 9.3224 ± 0.0916 mas [2] |
Distance | 350 ± 3
ly (107 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.18 [7] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.24±0.09 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 2.36±0.12 [8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 34.9±4.3 [8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.12±0.09 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 9,135±400 [8] K |
Rotation | 2.5616 [7] days |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 33 [4] km/s |
Age | 77 [9] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 4778, also known as HR 234 and GO Andromedae, is a variable star in the constellation Andromeda. Its magnitude varies by 0.04 magnitudes from the median of 6.12 with a period of approximately 2.55 days. [11] The star is located 350 light years away, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 9.32 mas. [2]
This is an Ap star with a stellar classification of A3VpSiSrCrEuKsn, [4] showing chemical peculiarities in its spectrum from strontium, chromium, and europium. [12] It is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable [5] with a magnetic field that varies across the range +1,400 to −1,100 G. [13] This rotation-modulated variability allows direct determination of the rotation rate of 2.5616 days. [7]
HD 4778 has 2.24 [7] times the mass of the Sun and 2.36 [8] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 35 [8] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,375 K. [7] It is about 77 [9] million years old.