55 Persei

Star in the constellation Perseus

55 Persei
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
55 Persei in optical light
Constellation	Perseus
Right ascension	04^h 24^m 29.1556^s^[1]
Declination	+34° 07′ 50.728″^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.73^[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	B8 V^[2]
B−V color index	−0.054±0.004^[2]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	+8.5±3.5^[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +21.092 ^[1] mas/yr Dec.: −34.137 ^[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	8.50 ± 0.38 mas^[4]
Distance	380 ± 20 ly (118 ± 5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	−0.39^[5]

Details

Mass	3.44±0.07^[6] `M`_☉
Radius	3.0^[7] `R`_☉
Luminosity	193+24 −21^[6] `L`_☉
Temperature	12,246±85^[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	288^[6] km/s
Age	197^[5] Myr

Other designations
55 Per, BD+33° 853, HD 27777, HIP 20579, HR 1377, SAO 57212^[8]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

55 Persei is a single,^[9] blue-white hued star in the northern constellation Perseus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.73.^[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 8.50±0.38 mas^[4] as seen from Earth's orbit, the star is located about 380 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.39^[5] due to interstellar dust.

This is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B8 V;^[2] a massive star that is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core. It has 3.44^[6] times the mass of the Sun and about 3^[7] times the Sun's radius. The star is about 197^[5] million years old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 288 km/s.^[6] It is radiating roughly 193^[6] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,246 K.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brown, A. G. A; et al. (2016), "Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 595, A2, arXiv:1609.04172, Bibcode:2016A&A...595A...2G, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629512, S2CID 1828208.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
^ de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
^ ^a ^b van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012), "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars", Astronomy Letters, 38 (11): 694–706, arXiv:1606.09028, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..694G, doi:10.1134/S1063773712110035, S2CID 119108982.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 537: A120, arXiv:1201.2052, Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691, S2CID 55586789.
^ ^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) (3rd ed.): 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754.
^ "55 Per". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.

Constellation of Perseus

Stars

Bayer	α (Mirfak) β (Algol) γ δ ε ζ η (Miram) θ ι κ (Misam) λ μ ν ξ (Menkib) ο (Atik) π ρ σ τ φ ψ ω b
Flamsteed	1 2 3 4 (g) 5 7 8 9 (i) 10 11 12 14 16 17 20 21 24 29 30 31 32 (l) 34 36 40 (o) 42 (n) 43 (A) 48 (c) 49 50 52 (f) 53 (d) 54 55 56 57 (m) 58 (e) 59 1 Aur
Variable	S T U V X Z RS RT RV RW RY ST SU SV TZ UV UX UY VX XX XY XZ YZ AB AG AR AS AW AX BM DM DY FO GK IK IP IQ IU IW IX IZ KP KS KT KW LX V351 V356 V357 V361 V376 V380 V386 V392 V396 V400 V423 V432 V440 V459 V461 V471 V472 V473 V480 V490 V492 V505 V509 V518 V520 (61 And) V521 V545 V551 V572 V573 V575 V576 V621 V718 V1024
HR	470 526 529 538 540 621 641 787 792 810 820 831 842 846 849 864 865 876 885 886 890 894 918 (k) 920 923 930 949 950 956 964 966 969 973 975 979 986 991 1001 1019 1034 1037 1041 1047 1051 1056 1059 1074 1097 1113 1127 1130 1133 1141 1160 1164 1176 1191 1197 1198 1207 1215 1226 1234 1286 1301 1330 1333 1337 1344 1371 1390 1419 1424 1482 1489 1493 1500 1514
HD	13519 14433 14434 16691 16760 17092 17245 17605 21684 22781 23301 23596 25329 26702 29587
Other	BD+31 643 BD+48 740 G 38-29 G 95-57 GD 61 HAT-P-15 (Berehynia) HAT-P-29 (Muspelheim) IRAS 04296+3429 L1448-IRS2E LkHα 101 LRLL 54361 NGC 1333 13 NGC 1333 IRAS 2A NGC 1333 IRAS 4A NGC 1333 IRAS 4B NGC 1624-2 PSR B0355+54 PSR J0357+3205 WR 4

Exoplanets	WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b

Star
clusters

NGC	869 (h) 884 (χ) 957 1039 1220 1285 1342 1444 1513 1528 1545 1624
Other	Alpha Persei Cluster IC 348 Trumpler 2

Nebulae

NGC	650 (Little Dumbbell Nebula) 1333 1491 1499 (California Nebula) 1579
Other	Barnard 203 Wreath Nebula

Galaxies

NGC	1003 1023 1058 1077 1160 1161 1167 1169 1250 1259 1260 1264 1265 1267 1268 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1277 1278 1279 1281 1282 1283 1293 1294 1334
Other	IC 310 UGC 2885 (Godzilla galaxy) 4C +37.11