26 Andromedae

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26 Andromedae
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A visual band light curve for 26 Andromedae, adapted from Zasche and Svoboda (2008) [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Andromeda
A
Right ascension 00h 18m 42.16888s [2]
Declination +43° 47′ 28.1082″ [2]
Apparent magnitude (V)6.11 [3]
B
Right ascension 00h 18m 41.66160s [4]
Declination +43° 47′ 24.9776″ [4]
Apparent magnitude (V)9.70 [3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence [5]
Spectral type B8 V [6] + F3 V [1]
B−V color index −0.074±0.004 [7]
Variable type suspected [8] [1]
Astrometry
A
Radial velocity (Rv)+3.3 [9]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 23.328 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −2.755 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.3927 ± 0.0192  mas [2]
Distance 605 ± 2  ly
(185.4 ± 0.7  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)0.02 [10]
B
Proper motion (μ)RA: 22.083 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −3.568 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.4683 ± 0.0142  mas [4]
Distance 596 ± 2  ly
(182.9 ± 0.5  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)4.00 [11]
Details
A
Mass 3.54±0.12 [5]   M☉
Radius 3.76 [12]   R☉
Luminosity 219 [6]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.82 [2]   cgs
Temperature 11,939 [6]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)18 [5]  km/s
Age 95 [6]   Myr
B
Mass 1.0 [4]   M☉
Radius 1.2 [4]   R☉
Luminosity1.5 [4]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.32 [4]   cgs
Temperature 5,924 [4]   K
Age 6.1 [4]   Gyr
Other designations
26 And, BD+42°48, HD  1438, HIP  1501, HR  70, SAO  36256, WDS J00187+4347 [13]
Database references
SIMBAD data

26 Andromedae, abbreviated 26 And, is a binary star system [1] in the constellation Andromeda. 26 Andromedae is the Flamsteed designation. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.10, which is near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye. The distance to this system can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 5.35  mas , which yields a distance of about 600  light years. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the stars is diminished from an extinction of 0.04 due to interstellar dust. [3] The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +3.3 km/s. [9]

The magnitude 6.11 [3] primary, component A, is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B8 V. [6] The star has 3.54 [5] times the mass of the Sun and 3.76 [12] times the Sun's radius. It is around 95 [6]  million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 18 km/s. [5] 26 And is radiating 219 [6] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 11,939 K. [6] It displays an infrared excess that suggests a circumstellar debris disk orbiting at a distance of 169.3  AU from the star with a temperature of 75 K. [12]

The fainter secondary, component B, is a magnitude 9.70 [3] star located 6.2″ from the primary. It is an F-type main-sequence star with a class of F3 V that shows an unexplained long term variability.

One of the components of this system displays a slight photometric variation with a period of 3.16 days. This may be caused by pulsation or an ellipsoidal variation. [1] This system's X-ray emission hasn't been detected yet, with an upper limit of Lx < 29.79 erg/s. [3]

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