Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Canes Venatici |
Right ascension | 13h 37m 27.62782s [1] |
Declination | +36° 17′ 41.6337″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.82 [2] (4.98 + 6.95) [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A7 III + A8 V: [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −10.4±2.1 [2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −95.54 [1] mas/yr Dec.: +23.75 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 16.42±0.53 mas [1] |
Distance | 199 ± 6 ly (61 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.90 [2] |
Orbit [5] | |
Period (P) | 228 yr |
Semi-major axis (a) | 1.02″ |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.80 |
Inclination (i) | 147° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 87° |
Periastron epoch (T) | 1864.0 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 159° |
Details | |
25 CVn A | |
Mass | 2.23 [6] M☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.85 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 7,609±259 [7] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 235 [8] km/s |
Age | 659 [7] Myr |
25 CVn B | |
Mass | 1.58 [6] M☉ |
Other designations | |
25 CVn , BD+37°2433, FK5 3083, GC 18421, HD 118623, HIP 66458, HR 5127, SAO 63648, ADS 8974, CCDM 13375+3617, WDS J13375+3618 [9] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
25 Canum Venaticorum is a binary star [10] system in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici, approximately 199 [1] light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.82 [2] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of roughly −10 km/s. [2]
This is a wide binary system with an orbital period of 228 years and an eccentricity of 0.80. [5] As of 2001, they had a projected separation of 107.0 AU . [6] The magnitude 4.98 [3] primary, component A, has a stellar classification of A7 III, [4] which matches an A-type giant star. It is 659 [7] million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 235 km/s. This rate of spin is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 27% larger than the polar radius. [8] The companion, component B, is a magnitude 6.95 [3] A-type main-sequence star with a class of A8 V:. [4] The ':' suffix indicates some uncertainty in the classification of this star.