Epsilon Normae

Epsilon Normae
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Norma
Right ascension 16h 27m 11.03611s [1]
Declination 47° 33 17.2226 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.52[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type B3V + B3V + B9V[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-12.50 ± 2.7[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -13.68 ± 0.27[3] mas/yr
Dec.: -19.89 ± 0.20[3] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.15 ± 0.28[3] mas
Distance530 ± 20 ly
(163 ± 7 pc)
Other designations
HR 6115, HD 147971, HIP 80582[1]

Epsilon Normae (ε Nor) is a star in the constellation Norma. Its apparent magnitude is 4.52.[1] It is a spectroscopic binary, with two B-type main sequence stars of spectral type B3V, of almost equal mass orbiting each other every 3.26 days. There is a third star separated by 22 arcseconds, which has a magnitude of 7.5 and is likely a smaller B-type main sequence star of spectral type B9V.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SIMBAD, Epsilon Normae (accessed 22 December 2012)
  2. 1 2 Pourbaix, D.; Tokovinin, A.A.; Batten, A.H.; Fekel, F.C.; Hartkopf, W.I.; Levato, H.; Morell, N. I.; Torres, G.; Udry, S. (2004). "SB9: The Ninth Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 424: 727–732. Bibcode:2009yCat....102020P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213.
  3. 1 2 3 van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the New Hipparcos Reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–64. arXiv:0708.1752Freely accessible. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
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