HD 3322

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HD 3322
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 36m 20.09863s [1]
Declination +27° 15′ 17.1519″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.51 [2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence [3]
Spectral type B8.5 IIIp HgMn [4]
B−V color index −0.070±0.011 [2]
Variable type α2 CVn [5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+4.0±7.4 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +15.96 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −11.11 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.59 ± 0.65  mas [1]
Distance approx. 700  ly
(approx. 220  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.13 [2]
Orbit [7]
Period (P)399.6±2.1 d
Eccentricity (e)0.57±0.09
Periastron epoch (T)2440462.38 ± 6.05 JD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		304±11°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		8.07±1.07 km/s
Details
HD 3322 A
Mass 3.68±0.21 [3]   M☉
Radius 4.8 [8]   R☉
Luminosity 246+91
−66 [3]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.821±0.056 [9]   cgs
Temperature 12,882+90
−88 [3]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)14 [3]  km/s
Other designations
PY And, BD+26° 91, HD  3322, HIP  2865, HR  149, SAO  74136 [10]
Database references
SIMBAD data

HD 3322 is a binary star [7] system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. With an apparent visual magnitude of 6.51, [2] it lies below the nominal brightness limit for visibility with the normal naked eye, but it is still possible to see the star with excellent vision under ideal seeing conditions. An annual parallax shift of 4.59±0.65  mas [1] provides a distance estimate of roughly 700  light years.

This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system with an orbital period of around 400 days and an eccentricity of 0.57. [7] The visible component has a stellar classification of B8.5 IIIp HgMn, [4] matching a chemically peculiar B-type giant mercury-manganese star. [11] Catalano and Leone (1991) found it to be a α2 CVn variable with a period of 4.6904 days, [12] and thus it received the variable star designation PY And. [5] It has an estimated 3.7 [3] times the mass of the Sun and about 4.8 [8] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating around 246 [3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,882 K. [3]

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