Binary star system in the constellation Hydra
26 Hydrae is a binary star [ 3] system located 334 light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Hydra . It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.77,[ 2] just a few degrees away from Alphard . The system is moving closer to the Earth with a leisurely radial velocity of -1 km/s.[ 8]
Keenan and McNeil (1989) gave the brighter component a stellar classification of G7 III,[ 4] matching an aging giant star . Houk and Swift (1999) have it classed as a G8II[ 5] bright giant . This is a red clump giant,[ 12] which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at its core . It has a high lithium abundance and displays a far infrared emission excess .[ 13] The star is an estimated 510[ 9] million years old with 2.72[ 9] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 15[ 1] times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 139[ 1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,003 K.[ 9]
The secondary component is a magnitude 12.4 star at an angular separation of 3.2″ , as of 2008.[ 3]
References
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^ a b Wu, Yue; et al. (2010). "Coudé-feed stellar spectral library – atmospheric parameters". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 525 : A71. arXiv :1009.1491 . Bibcode :2011A&A...525A..71W . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201015014 . S2CID 53480665 .
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