Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Orion |
Right ascension | 05h 40m 50.71498s [1] |
Declination | −01° 07′ 43.6366″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.95 [2] |
Characteristics | |
primary | |
Spectral type | B2IV-V [3] or B3V [4] |
U−B color index | −0.83 [5] |
B−V color index | −0.21 [5] |
secondary | |
Spectral type | B1 [6] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +26.10 [7] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −1.50 [1] mas/yr Dec.: −0.84 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.63 ± 0.37 mas [1] |
Distance | approx. 900 ly (approx. 280 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.74 [2] |
Orbit [8] | |
Period (P) | 27.154925 d |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.739±0.007 |
Periastron epoch (T) | 2447886.076±0.065 HJD |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 81.4±2.4° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 84.7±1.1 km/s |
Details | |
A | |
Mass | 8.6±0.2 [9] M☉ |
Radius | 5.3 [10] R☉ |
Luminosity | 4,830 [11] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.84 [10] cgs |
Temperature | 21,150 [11] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.01 [12] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 75 [13] km/s |
Age | 18.0±3.2 [9] Myr |
B | |
Mass | 8.3 [6] M☉ |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 37756 is a binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Orion, positioned less than a degree to the north of the bright star Alnitak. [15] It has a blue-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.95. [2] The system is located at a distance of approximately 900 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +26 km/s. [7] It is a member of the OB1b subgroup of the Orion OB1 association. [16]
The binary nature of this system was identified by E. B. Frost in 1904. [17] It is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 27.15 days and a high eccentricity of 0.74. [8] The spectrum matches a massive B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B3V. [4] The secondary is luminous enough to interfere with measurements of the primary spectrum. [17] It is a suspected Cepheid variable with a period of 0.37968 days and an amplitude of 0.03 magnitude in the B band of the UBV photometric system. [18] The system is a candidate eclipsing binary with a minimum dip of 0.04 in visual magnitude during each orbit. [19]
μ Tauri, Latinized as Mu Tauri, is a single star in the equatorial constellation of Taurus. It has a blue-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.27. The star is located approximately 490 light years distant from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +16 km/s.
Tau Tauri, Latinized from τ Tauri, is a quadruple star system in the constellation Taurus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.33. The distance to this system is approximately about 400 light years based on parallax. The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +14.6 km/s, and it is a member of the Taurion OB association, located between Orion and Taurus. It is located 0.7 degree north of the ecliptic, and thus is subject to lunar occultations.
4 Sagittarii is a suspected astrometric binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius, located approximately 390 light years away based on parallax. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.74, The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −18 km/s.
Delta Monocerotis, which is Latinized from δ Monocerotis, is a single star in the constellation of Monoceros, positioned about a half degree south of the celestial equator. It has a white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.15. The distance to this star is approximately 384 light years based on parallax. It is drifting further away from the Sun with a radial velocity of about +15 km/s, having come to within 88 light-years some 7.3 million years ago. The star has an absolute magnitude of −1.20.
19 Monocerotis is a single, variable star in the equatorial constellation of Monoceros, located approximately 1,220 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. It has the variable star designation V637 Monocerotis, while 19 Monocerotis is the Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of 5.00. It is receding from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +25 km/s.
HD 102839 is a class G6Ib star in the constellation Musca. Its apparent magnitude is 4.98 and it is approximately 1,550 light years away from Earth based on parallax.
22 Orionis is a binary star in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It has the Bayer designation o Orionis, while 22 Orionis is the Flamsteed designation. This system is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.74. It is located approximately 1,100 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +28.80
78 Pegasi is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Pegasus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.93. The system is located approximately 224 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −8 km/s. The double-star nature of this system was discovered by A. G. Clark in 1862. The components of this system orbit each other over a 630-year period with an eccentricity of 0.11.
72 Pegasi is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Pegasus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.97. The system is located approximately 550 light years away from the Sun, based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −25 km/s.
16 Puppis is a suspected astrometric binary star system in the southern constellation of Puppis, and is located in the northernmost part of its constellation, almost due north of the bright star Rho Puppis, and east of Canis Major. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.40. The star is located is approximately 465 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. It was the brightest star in Officina Typographica, an obsolete constellation.
HD 69142 is a class K1II-III star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.44 and it is approximately 298 light years away based on parallax.
QZ Puppis is a class B2.5V star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.5 and it is approximately 650 light years away based on parallax.
HD 61330 is a class B8IV star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.53 and it is approximately 360 light years away based on parallax.
HD 64740 is a single star in the southern constellation Puppis, positioned near the line of sight to the Gum Nebula. It has a blue-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.63. Parallax measurements give a distance estimate of approximately 760 light-years from the Sun, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +8 km/s.
NV Puppis, also known as υ1 Puppis, is a class B2V star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.67 and it is approximately 800 light years away based on parallax.
HD 63744 is a class K0III star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.71 and it is approximately 232 light years away based on parallax.
HD 50235 is a class K5III star located approximately 811 light years away, in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.99. HD 50235 made its closest approach to the Sun 7.8 million years ago, at the distance of 137 light years, during which it had an apparent magnitude of 1.13.
HD 189831 is a class K5III star in the constellation Sagittarius. Its apparent magnitude is 4.77 and it is approximately 366 light years away based on parallax.
HD 190056 is a class K1III star in the constellation Sagittarius. Its apparent magnitude is 4.99 and it is approximately 291 light years away based on parallax.
λ Octantis, Latinized as Lambda Octantis, is a binary star system in the southern circumpolar constellation of Octans. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.27. The distance to this system is approximately 398–409 light years, based on parallax, but it is moving closer with a radial velocity of −10 km/s.