Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Perseus |
Right ascension | 03h 28m 03.07229s [1] |
Declination | 49° 03′ 46.3315″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.99 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B5V [3] |
U−B color index | −0.56 [4] |
B−V color index | −0.10 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +1.20 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: +21.784
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −26.036 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 5.6334 ± 0.2298 mas [1] |
Distance | 580 ± 20
ly (178 ± 7 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.49 [6] |
Orbit [7] | |
Period (P) | 21.695±0.004 d |
Semi-major axis (a) | ≥6.72 Gm |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.12±0.04 |
Periastron epoch (T) | 24,446,714.5±0.2 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 109±3° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 22.7±0.9 km/s |
Semi-amplitude (K2) (secondary) | 49±3 km/s |
Details | |
A | |
Mass | 4.597 [8] M☉ |
Radius | 3.9 [9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 940 [6] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.152±0.113 [10] cgs |
Temperature | 15,274±244 [10] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.00 [11] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 75 [10] km/s |
Age | 187 [11] or 60 [6] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 21278 is a binary star [7] system in the constellation Perseus, located within the 60±7 [6] million year old Alpha Persei Cluster. [7] It has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.99. [2] The system is located at a distance of approximately 580 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +1.20 km/s. [5]
The binary nature of this star was announced in 1925 by Otto Struve. [13] It is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 21.7 days and an eccentricity of 0.12. [7]
The primary component is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B5V, [3] indicating it is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 75 km/s. [10] It has 4.6 [8] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.9 [9] times the Sun's radius. HD 21278 is radiating 940 [6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 15,274 K. [10]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Perseus |
Right ascension | 03h 28m 03.07229s [1] |
Declination | 49° 03′ 46.3315″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.99 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B5V [3] |
U−B color index | −0.56 [4] |
B−V color index | −0.10 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +1.20 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: +21.784
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −26.036 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 5.6334 ± 0.2298 mas [1] |
Distance | 580 ± 20
ly (178 ± 7 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.49 [6] |
Orbit [7] | |
Period (P) | 21.695±0.004 d |
Semi-major axis (a) | ≥6.72 Gm |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.12±0.04 |
Periastron epoch (T) | 24,446,714.5±0.2 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 109±3° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 22.7±0.9 km/s |
Semi-amplitude (K2) (secondary) | 49±3 km/s |
Details | |
A | |
Mass | 4.597 [8] M☉ |
Radius | 3.9 [9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 940 [6] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.152±0.113 [10] cgs |
Temperature | 15,274±244 [10] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.00 [11] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 75 [10] km/s |
Age | 187 [11] or 60 [6] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 21278 is a binary star [7] system in the constellation Perseus, located within the 60±7 [6] million year old Alpha Persei Cluster. [7] It has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.99. [2] The system is located at a distance of approximately 580 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +1.20 km/s. [5]
The binary nature of this star was announced in 1925 by Otto Struve. [13] It is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 21.7 days and an eccentricity of 0.12. [7]
The primary component is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B5V, [3] indicating it is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 75 km/s. [10] It has 4.6 [8] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.9 [9] times the Sun's radius. HD 21278 is radiating 940 [6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 15,274 K. [10]