Binary star system in the constellation Perseus
HD 21278 is a binary star [ 7] system in the constellation Perseus , located within the 60± 7[ 6] million year old Alpha Persei Cluster .[ 7] It has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.99.[ 2] The system is located at a distance of approximately 580 light years from the Sun based on parallax ,[ 1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +1.20 km/s.[ 5]
The binary nature of this star was announced in 1925 by Otto Struve .[ 13] It is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 21.7 days and an eccentricity of 0.12.[ 7]
The primary component is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B5V,[ 3] indicating it is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion . The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 75 km/s.[ 10] It has 4.6[ 8] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.9[ 9] times the Sun's radius . HD 21278 is radiating 940[ 6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 15,274 K.[ 10]
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^ Struve, O. (December 1925). "Twelve new spectroscopic binaries". Astrophysical Journal . 62 : 434. Bibcode :1925ApJ....62..434S . doi :10.1086/142944 .