Astronomy:HD 37646

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Short description: Double star in the constellation Auriga
HD 37646
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension  05h 41m 20.97707s[1]
Declination +29° 29′ 14.6958″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.43[2] (6.38/7.16)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B8IV + B9.5V[3]
U−B color index −0.39[2]
B−V color index −0.11[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)18.00±4.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +15.94[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −26.95[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.37 ± 0.81[1] mas
Distanceapprox. 610 ly
(approx. 190 pc)
Details
HD 37646 A
Luminosity129[5] L
Temperature11,733[5] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)130[6] km/s
Other designations
BD+29° 953, HD 37646, HIP 26781, HR 1945, SAO 77393.
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 37646 is a double star in the northern constellation of Auriga. The pair have an angular separation of 26.005.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tolbert, Charles Ray (May 1964), "A UBV Study of 94 Wide Visual Binaries", Astrophysical Journal 139: 1105, doi:10.1086/147852, Bibcode1964ApJ...139.1105T 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869–879, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E 
  4. 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. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 McDonald, I. et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M 
  6. Abt, Helmut A.; Levato, Hugo; Grosso, Monica (July 2002), "Rotational Velocities of B Stars", The Astrophysical Journal 573 (1): 359–365, doi:10.1086/340590, Bibcode2002ApJ...573..359A 

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