59 Persei
Star in the constellation Perseus
59 Persei is a suspected astrometric binary [ 8] star system in the northern constellation of Perseus . It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued star with an apparent magnitude of 5.30.[ 2] The star is located around 256 light years distant from the Sun, based on parallax ,[ 1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +13 km/s.[ 2]
This is an ordinary A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A1Vn,[ 4] a star that is fusing its core hydrogen . The 'n' suffix indicates "nebulous" lines due to rapid spin; it has a projected rotational velocity of 212 km/s.[ 3] The star is around 198[ 5] million years old with 2.58[ 5] times the mass of the Sun and about 2.5[ 6] times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 41[ 3] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,734 K.[ 5]
References
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^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 367 (2) (Third ed.): 521– 524, arXiv :astro-ph/0012289 , Bibcode :2001A&A...367..521P , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20000451 , S2CID 425754 .
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