V394 Aurigae

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V394 Aurigae
Auriga constellation map.svg
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Location of V394 Aurigae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension 06h 06m 22.44529s [1]
Declination +29° 30 44.6832 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.01 - 6.11 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3II+F7V
U−B color index 1.94
B−V color index 1.73
Variable type Semi-regular [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-36.40 ± 0.18 [3]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 11.503 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −5.126 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.7146 ± 0.0756  mas [1]
Distance 880 ± 20  ly
(269 ± 5  pc)
Details
Luminosity 1075 [4]   L
Temperature 3589 [4]   K
Other designations
DO 11899, HIC 28930, PPM Star Catalogue 95388, STT 129, GC 7725, HIP 28930, SAO 77958, ADS 4673, GCRV 3829, HR 2146, AG+29° 663, IDS 06000+2931, TYC 1876-1774-1, BD+29° 1112, IRAS 06031+2931, UBV M 11751, CCDM J06064+2931, GSC 01876-01774, IRC +30137, YZ 29 2943, CSI+29 1112 1, HD 41429, 2MASS J06062243+2930445.
Database references
SIMBAD data
A light curve for V394 Aurigae, plotted from Hipparcos data V394AurLightCurve.png
A light curve for V394 Aurigae, plotted from Hipparcos data

V394 Aurigae is a semi-regular variable star in the constellation Auriga. Its brightness varies between magnitudes 6.01 and 6.11, [2] so it is faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal observing conditions. Koen and Eyer found that the star's brightness, as seen by Hipparcos , varies with a period of 3.9 days. [6] Located around 730 light-years distant, V394 Aurigae shines with a luminosity approximately 1075 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3589 K. [4]

It is a double star: the secondary, designated V394 Aurigae B, is an eleventh-magnitude star with a separation of 10 arcseconds. [7]

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