HD 166

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HD 166
V439AndLightCurve.png
A light curve for V439 Andromedae, plotted from TESS data, [1] with the 6.23 day rotation period shown in red,
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 06m 36.7841s [2]
Declination +29° 01′ 17.4103″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.13 – 6.17 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0Ve [3] [4]
U−B color index +0.30 [5]
B−V color index +0.755 [5]
Variable type BY Dra [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−6.9±0.2 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 380.092±0.060 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −177.573±0.037 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)72.5764 ± 0.0498  mas [2]
Distance 44.94 ± 0.03  ly
(13.779 ± 0.009  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)5.41 [6]
Details
Mass 0.889 [7]   M☉
Radius 0.9172±0.0090 [7]   R☉
Luminosity 0.6078±0.0099 [7]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.49±0.09 [8]   cgs
Temperature 5509±34 [8]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00±0.03 [8]   dex
Rotation 6.23±0.01 days [9]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)4.1 [9]  km/s
Age 78±28 [8]   Myr
Other designations
BD+28°4704, GC 95, GSC 01735-02532, GSC 01735-00927, Gliese 5, HD 166, HIP  544, HR  8, SAO  73743, PPM  89410, NSV 33, V439 Andromedae
Database references
SIMBAD data

HD 166 or V439 Andromedae (ADS 69 A) is a 6th magnitude star in the constellation Andromeda, approximately 45 light years away from Earth. It is a variable star of the BY Draconis type, varying between magnitudes 6.13 and 6.18 with a 6.23 days periodicity. [3] It appears within one degree of the star Alpha Andromedae [10] and is a member of the Hercules-Lyra association moving group. [4] It also happens to be less than 2 degrees from right ascension 00h 00m.

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Star characteristics

HD 166 is a K-type main sequence star, cooler and dimmer than the Sun, and has a stellar classification of K0Ve [3] where the e suffix indicates the presence of emission lines in the spectrum. The star has a proper motion of 0.422 arcseconds per year in a direction 114.1° from north. It has an estimated visual luminosity of 61% of the Sun, [7] and is emitting like a blackbody with an effective temperature of 5,327K. [8] It has a diameter that is about 90% the size of the Sun [7] and a radial velocity of −6.9 km/s. [4] Age estimates range from as low as 78 million years old based on its chromospheric activity, [8] up to 9.6 billion years based on a comparison with theoretical evolutionary tracks. [7] X-ray emission has been detected from this star, with an estimated luminosity of 8.5×1028 erg s−1. [11]

An infrared excess has been detected around HD 166, most likely indicating the presence of a circumstellar disk at a radius of 7.5  AU. The temperature of this dust is 90 K. [12]

Variability

Eric J. Gaidos et al. first detected variability in HD 166 in the year 2000. [9] It was given its variable star designation, V439 Andromedae, in 2006. [13] It has been found that the periodicity in the photometric variability of HD 166 is coincident with the rotation period. [9] This leads to its classification as a BY Draconis variable, where brightness variations are caused by the presence of large starspots on the surface and by chromospheric activity.

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