43 Persei

43 Persei
Location of 43 Persei (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 03h 56m 36.52069s
Declination +50° 41′ 43.3646″
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.28
Characteristics
Spectral type F5V
U−B color index +0.00
B−V color index +0.41
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+25.43±0.04 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +92.450 mas/yr
Dec.: -129.755 mas/yr
Parallax (π)26.0059±0.1271 mas
Distance126±0.65 ly
(38.7±0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.23
Orbit
Period (P)30.43885±0.00002 days
Semi-major axis (a)6.99±0.06 mas
Eccentricity (e)0.6421±0.0006
Longitude of the node (Ω)150.2±0.3°
Periastron epoch (T)57,340.551±0.003 JD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(primary)
207.71±0.11°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
52.24±0.06 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
53.15±0.06 km/s
Details
43 Per Aa
Mass1.434±0.014 M
Radius1.67±0.06 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.15±0.02 cgs
Temperature6,790±120 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)14.1±0.9 km/s
43 Per Ab
Mass1.409±0.014 M
Radius1.6±0.1 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.18±0.03 cgs
Temperature6,770±90 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)10.6±1.7 km/s
Other designations
A Persei, 43 Per, BD+50°860, GC 4728, HD 24546, HIP 18453, HR 1210, SAO 24314, CCDM J03566+5042AP, WDS J03566+5042AD
Database references
SIMBADdata

43 Persei is a binary star system in the northern constellation Perseus. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.28. The system is located around 38.7 parsecs (126.2 ly) distant from the Sun, based on its dynamical parallax.

This is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 30.4 days and an eccentricity of 0.6. It has also been spatially resolved with interferometry at the CHARA array. There are distant companions B (separation 75.5" and magnitude 10.66), C (separation 85.6" and magnitude 12.18), and D (separation 68" and magnitude 13.43).