Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 02h 13m 36.34084s[1] |
Declination | +51° 03′ 56.8222″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.29[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G8.5 IIIb Fe-2[2] |
B−V color index | 0.926[3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +41.82±0.27[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +344.397[1] mas/yr Dec.: −164.853[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 17.8901 ± 0.0943 mas[1] |
Distance | 182.3 ± 1.0 ly (55.9 ± 0.3 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +1.25±0.07[5] |
Orbit[5] | |
Period (P) | 1,576.23±0.04 d |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.8828±0.0007 |
Inclination (i) | 104° |
Periastron epoch (T) | 2,450,307.31±0.12 JD |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 266.4±0.3° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 19.82±0.06 km/s |
Details[3] | |
Mass | 1.5 M☉ |
Radius | 7 R☉ |
Luminosity | 26.3 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.0 cgs |
Temperature | 4,920 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.60 dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 0.0 km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
6 Persei is a binary star[7] system in the northern constellation of Andromeda.[8] It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.29.[2] The system is located 182 light years from Earth, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 17.9 mas.[1] It is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +42 km/s.[4] The system has a relatively high rate of proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.386 arcsecond/year.[9]
This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 4.3155 yr and an eccentricity of 0.88. The a sin i value for the primary is 201.8±0.9 Gm, where a is the semimajor axis and i is the orbital inclination. The inclination is estimated to be 104°.[5]
The visible component is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of G8.5 IIIb Fe-2,[2] where the suffix notation indicates an underabundance of iron in the spectrum. It has 1.5 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 7 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 26 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,920 K.[3] It has a magnitude 10.49 visual companion at an angular separation of 108.9″ along a position angle of 57°, as of 2004.[10]