Astronomy:HD 56456

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Short description: Star in the constellation Puppis
HD 56456
Puppis constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of HD 56456 (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension  07h 14m 38.14062s[1]
Declination −48° 16′ 18.9420″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.76[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B8.5Vn[3]
U−B color index -0.29[2]
B−V color index -0.10[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+39.00[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -4.40[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +0.01[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.66 ± 0.17[1] mas
Distance377 ± 7 ly
(115 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)-0.56[5]
Details
Mass3.39[6] M
Luminosity220[6] L
Temperature10,860[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)240[6] km/s
Other designations
CD-48°2807, CCDM J07146-4816A, GC 9635, GSC 08123-02767, HIP 35020, HR 2762, HD 56456, SAO 218567, WDS J07146-4816A
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 56456 is a class B8.5V[3] (blue main-sequence) star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.76[2] and it is approximately 377 light years away based on parallax.[1]

It has one companion, B, at magnitude 13.5 and separation 18".[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.  Vizier catalog entry
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2237. Bibcode2002yCat.2237....0D. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Garrison, R. F.; Gray, R. O. (1994). "The late B-type stars: Refined MK classification, confrontation with stromgren photometry, and the effects of rotation". The Astronomical Journal 107: 1556. doi:10.1086/116967. Bibcode1994AJ....107.1556G. 
  4. Kharchenko, N.V.; Scholz, R.-D.; Piskunov, A.E.; Röser, S.; Schilbach, E. (2007). "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ~55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations". Astronomische Nachrichten 328 (9): 889. doi:10.1002/asna.200710776. Bibcode2007AN....328..889K. 
  5. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A.  Vizier catalog entry
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 537: A120. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. Bibcode2012A&A...537A.120Z.  Vizier catalog entry
  7. Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466. doi:10.1086/323920. Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M.  Vizier catalog entry