Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Auriga [1] |
Right ascension | 05h 03m 18.63s [2] |
Declination | +41° 26′ 29.9355″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.08 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A2IIIshe [4] |
U−B color index | +0.22 [3] |
B−V color index | +0.21 [3] |
Variable type | Suspected [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −0.7 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −0.227 [2] mas/yr Dec.: −1.820 [2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 1.0065±0.0294 mas [2] |
Distance | 3,240 ± 90 ly (990 ± 30 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.87 [4] |
Details | |
Mass | 3.1 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 40 [2] R☉ |
Luminosity | 5,370 [8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | [7] cgs |
Temperature | 8,665 [7] K |
Rotation | 0.41 days [8] |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 23 [9] km/s |
Other designations | |
NSV 1810, BD+41°1044, HD 32188, HIP 23511, HR 1615, SAO 39979 [10] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 32188 is suspected variable star [5] in the northern constellation of Auriga, and is positioned roughly in between Eta and Zeta Aurigae. It has a white hue and is just barely visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 6.08. [3] The distance to this star is approximately 3,240 light years, based on parallax. [2] It has an absolute magnitude of −2.87. [4]
This object is an A-type giant star with a stellar classification of A2IIIshe. [4] The suffix notation indicates this is a shell star, [11] which means it has a peculiar spectrum indicating there is a circumstellar disk of gas around the star's equator. While the spectral luminosity class is III, analysis of its colour and brightness suggest it more closely resembles a supergiant star. [4] HD 32188 has expanded to 40 times the radius of the Sun [2] and it is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 23 km/s. [9] It is radiating 5,370 times the luminosity of the Sun [8] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,665 K . [7]