DI Chamaeleontis

DI Chamaeleontis, also known as Hen 3-593 or HIP 54365, is a quadruple star system in the constellation Chamaeleon. The system is roughly 700 light years from Earth.

DI Chamaeleontis

Image showing DI Cha A and B, each of which is also an even closer binary, and the surrounding nebulosity. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.org).
Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Chamaeleon
Right ascension	11h 07m 20.72163s[1]
Declination	−77° 38′ 07.2903″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.655[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	G0e[3]
U−B color index	+0.630[2]
B−V color index	+1.144[2]
Variable type	T Tau[4]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −24.61[1] mas/yr Dec.: 3.45[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	4.49 ± 1.59[1] mas
Distance	approx. 700 ly (approx. 220 pc)
Details[5]
Aa
Mass	1.7 M☉
Radius	2.00 R☉
Luminosity	4.7 L☉
Temperature	6,030 K
Age	7.1 Myr
Ba/Bb
Mass	0.18 M☉
Radius	1.13 R☉
Luminosity	0.11 L☉
Temperature	3,130 K
Age	3.0 Myr
Other designations
DI Cha, HIP 54365, CD−76°486, WDS J11073-7738, AAVSO 1104-77
Database references
SIMBAD	data

DI Cha is a variable star of the T Tauri type, young stellar objects just approaching the main sequence. It varies erratically between visual magnitudes 10.65 and 10.74.[4] Although it is visually faint, it was noticed because of the prominent emission lines in its spectrum.[6]

In 1977, DI Cha was observed to have a much fainter companion.[7] The separation was later measured at 4.6", approximately 644 astronomical units (AU).[8] The B component was discovered to be a pair of star separated by only 0.066", about 10 AU,[9] both with spectral type M5.5.[10] Finally, the variable primary star was found to have a faint companion 0.2" (therefore ~30 AU) away, of spectral type M6.[10]