HR 3220

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HR 3220
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 08h 09m 00.56958s [1]
Declination −61° 18 08.5836 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.75 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6 V Fe-0.8 CH-0.4 [3]
U−B color index −0.05 [2]
B−V color index +0.44 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+23.7 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −113.750 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −297.923 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)55.3398 ± 0.5399 [1]   mas
Distance 58.9 ± 0.6  ly
(18.1 ± 0.2  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)+3.19 [5]
Orbit [6]
Period (P)899.3±0.4 d
Semi-major axis (a)≥39.0±0.7  Gm
Eccentricity (e)0.119±0.012
Periastron epoch (T)1,845±18
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
135±5°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
3.18±0.06 km/s
Details
A
Mass 1.35 [7]   M
Radius 1.50+0.13
−0.06
[1]   R
Luminosity 3.6±0.4 [1]   L
Surface gravity (log g)4.12 [7]   cgs
Temperature 6491+127
−259
[1]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.27 [7]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8.8 [5]  km/s
Age 10 [7]   Gyr
B
Mass 0.42+0.09
−0.05
[7]   M
Other designations
B Car, CPD−60°1074, FK5  2636, GJ  297.1, HD  68456, HIP  39903, HR  3220, SAO  250131 [8]
Database references
SIMBAD data

HR 3220 is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation B Carinae; HR 3220 is the designation from the Bright Star Catalogue . It has a yellow-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.75. [2] Based upon parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 59  light years from the Sun. The system is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +24 km/s. [4]

This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 2.46 years and an eccentricity of 0.12. [6] The visible component is an F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F6 V Fe-0.8 CH-0.4, [3] where the suffix notation indicates mild but anomalous underabundances of iron and the cyano radical. The secondary is most likely a helium white dwarf with 0.47 times the mass of the Sun. Mass transfer from the white dwarf progenitor has given the primary the spectral signature of a blue straggler that appears much younger than its actual age of about 10 billion years. [7]

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