39 Draconis

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39 Draconis
Observation data
Epoch J2000        Equinox J2000
Constellation Draco
Right ascension 18h 23m 54.60641s [1]
Declination +58° 48′ 02.6446″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.034 [2]
(5.06 + 8.07) [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1V + F5V [4]
U−B color index +0.06 [5]
B−V color index +0.10 [5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−24.53±0.23 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −37.82 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: +61.60 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)17.71 ± 0.35  mas [1]
Distance 184 ± 4  ly
(56 ± 1  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)1.31 / 4.32 [7]
Orbit [3]
Period (P)3962.50 ± 209.26 yr
Semi-major axis (a)6.621 ± 0.325″
Eccentricity (e)0.553 ± 0.005
Inclination (i)107.7 ± 0.12°
Longitude of the node (Ω)179.9 ± 0.10°
Periastron epoch (T)5671.40 ± 12.08
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		128.0 ± 2.18°
Details
39 Dra A
Mass 2.12 [7]   M☉
Radius 2.3 [8]   R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.05 ± 0.07 [8]   cgs
Temperature 8710 [8]   K
39 Dra B
Mass 1.18 [7]   M☉
Other designations
b Dra, 39 Dra, BD+58°1809, HD  170073, HIP  90156, HR  6923, SAO  30949 [2]
Database references
SIMBAD 39 Dra
39 Dra A
39 Dra B

39 Draconis is a wide binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. It has the Bayer designation b Draconis, while 39 Draconis is the Flamsteed designation. This system is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.0. [2] Parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at a distance of 184 light-years, or 56 parsecs away from the Sun. [1] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of -24.5 km/s. [6]

The two components of 39 Draconis have an angular separation of 6.621″ and take almost 4,000 years to orbit each other. [3] The primary star is an early A-type main-sequence star, having 2.12 times the mass of the Sun with a visual magnitude of 5.06 [3] The secondary is a magnitude 8.07 [3] F-type main-sequence star, and has 1.18 times the mass of the Sun. [7]

The 8th-magnitude star HD 238865 is listed in double star catalogues as component C. [9] It is separated from the other two stars by 90″ and lies at about the same distance. [10] It is itself a spectroscopic binary with an F8 primary and a red dwarf secondary orbiting every 2.7 days. [11] [12]

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