HD 34968

HD 34968 is a binary star[2] system in the southern constellation Lepus. The combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.69[2] is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. The distance to HD 34968 can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 8.7 mas, yielding a range of 374 light years. It is moving further away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 31 km/s,[5] having come within 118.6 ly some 3,686,000 years ago.[4]

HD 34968
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Lepus
Right ascension 05h 20m 26.91498s[1]
Declination −21° 14′ 23.1367″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.69 (4.73 + 8.45)[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A0 V[3]
B−V color index −0.048±0.003[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)30.9±0.5[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +17.149[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −9.382[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.7188 ± 0.1661[1] mas
Distance374 ± 7 ly
(115 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.82[4]
Details
HD 34968 A
Mass3.34±0.06[6] M☉
Radius2.0[7] R☉
Luminosity245+38
−33[6] L☉
Temperature10,046+70
−69[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)84[6] km/s
Other designations
BD−21° 1135, HD 34968, HIP 24927, HR 1762, SAO 170327, WDS J05204-2114A[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

The primary member, component A, is a magnitude 4.73 star. Houk and Smith-Moore (1978) gave this object a stellar classification of A0 V,[3] indicating it is an ordinary A-type main-sequence star. Gray and Garrison (1987) classified it as B9.5 III and noted that the spectrum is slightly variable.[9] It is 99.2%±2.6% of the way through its main sequence lifetime,[6] with 3.34[6] times the mass of the Sun and 2.0[7] times the Sun's radius. The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 84 km/s.[6] It is radiating 245[6] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,046 [6]

The fainter secondary, component B, is a magnitude 8.45[2] star at an angular separation of 4.1″ along a position angle of 279°, as of 2008.[10]

References
  1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
  2. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
  3. Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
  4. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  5. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
  6. Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (January 2012), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 537: A120, arXiv:1201.2052, Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691, S2CID 55586789.
  7. Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (2): 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754.
  8. "HD 34968". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  9. Gray, R. O.; Garrison, R. F. (December 1987), "The Early A-Type Stars: Refined MK Classification, Confrontation with Stroemgren Photometry, and the Effects of Rotation", Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 65: 581, Bibcode:1987ApJS...65..581G, doi:10.1086/191237.
  10. Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122: 3466–3471, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920
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