In the constellation Orion
56 Orionis
Location of 56 Orionis (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Orion
Right ascension
05h 52m 26.43865s [ 1]
Declination
+01° 51′ 18.5021″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
4.76[ 2] (4.73 to 4.78) [ 3]
Characteristics
Spectral type
K2-IIb[ 4]
U−B color index
+1.46[ 5]
B−V color index
+1.382± 0.005[ 2]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv ) +11.27± 0.14[ 1] km/sProper motion (μ) RA: –6.942[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: –8.355[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)2.8794 ± 0.1854 mas [ 1] Distance 1,130 ± 70 ly (350 ± 20 pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )−3.14[ 2]
Details Mass 6.4± 0.7[ 6] M ☉ Radius 92.21+4.27 −6.72 [ 1] R ☉ Luminosity 2,547± 187[ 1] L ☉ Surface gravity (log g )0.91[ 7] cgs Temperature 4,270+165 −96 [ 1] K Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.07[ 7] dex Rotational velocity (v sin i )3.5[ 8] km/s Age 60.7± 18.4[ 6] Myr
Other designations 56 Ori ,
NSV 2690,
BD +01°1151,
FK5 2444,
GC 7380,
HD 39400,
HIP 27750,
HR 2037,
SAO 113220,
CCDM J05524+0151,
WDS 05524+0151[ 9]
Database references SIMBAD data
56 Orionis is a single,[ 10] variable star in the equatorial constellation of Orion . It has an orange hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 4.76.[ 2] The star is located at a distance of approximately 1,130[ 1] light years from the Sun based on parallax .[ 1] It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +11 km/s.[ 1] The star has a peculiar velocity of 19.0+2.9 −3.1 km/s relative to its neighbors, and may be a runaway star .[ 6]
This object is a bright giant star with a stellar classification of K2-IIb.[ 4] It is a suspected variable star of unknown type with a brightness that has been measured varying from 4.73 down to 4.78.[ 3] The star is about 61[ 6] million years old with 6.4[ 6] times the mass of the Sun and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 3.5.[ 8] Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core , the star has expanded to 92[ 1] times the radius of the Sun . It is radiating 2,547 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,270 K.[ 1]
It has one reported visual companion , designated component B, with magnitude 13.5 and angular separation 42.9″ .[ 11]
References
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^ a b c d 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 . Vizier catalog entry
^ a b Samus, N. N.; Kazarovets, E. V.; et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars" . Astronomy Reports . 61 (1) (5.1 ed.): 80–88. Bibcode :2017ARep...61...80S . doi :10.1134/S1063772917010085 . S2CID 125853869 . Retrieved 2019-11-23 .
^ a b Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989). "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 71 : 245. Bibcode :1989ApJS...71..245K . doi :10.1086/191373 .
^ Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers . 42 (2): 443. Bibcode :2014JAVSO..42..443M . Vizier catalog entry
^ a b c d e Tetzlaff, N.; et al. (January 2011). "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 410 (1): 190–200. arXiv :1007.4883 . Bibcode :2011MNRAS.410..190T . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x . S2CID 118629873 .
^ a b Earle Luck, R. (2014). "Parameters and Abundances in Luminous Stars" . The Astronomical Journal . 147 (6): 137. Bibcode :2014AJ....147..137L . doi :10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/137 .
^ a b De Medeiros, J. R.; Mayor, M. (1999). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series . 139 (3): 433. arXiv :astro-ph/0608248 . Bibcode :1999A&AS..139..433D . doi :10.1051/aas:1999401 . Vizier catalog entry
^ "56 Ori" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2019-11-22 .
^ 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 .
^ Mason, Brian D.; et al. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog" . The Astronomical Journal . 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode :2001AJ....122.3466M . doi :10.1086/323920 . Vizier catalog entry