36_Draconis

36 Draconis

36 Draconis

Star in the constellation Draco

36 Draconis is a star in the northern constellation Draco. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.99.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 43.63[1] mas, it is located about 74.8 light years away. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.129 due to interstellar dust.[2] The star has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.353 arc seconds per year.[7] It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −35.6 km/s.[3]

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox, Constellation ...

This is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V.[3] It has 1.23 times the mass of the Sun and 1.64 times the Sun's radius.[2] The star is around three[5] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 8 km/s.[3] It is radiating 4.7 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,638 K.[2]

Observations carried out in 2010 and 2012 detected a faint companion at an angular separation of 3.3 arcseconds. Judging by the age and magnitude, this is a red dwarf of class M3.[4]

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    Takeda, Yoichi; et al. (February 2005), "High-Dispersion Spectra Collection of Nearby F-K Stars at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory: A Basis for Spectroscopic Abundance Standards", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 57 (1): 13–25, Bibcode:2005PASJ...57...13T, doi:10.1093/pasj/57.1.13.
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    Rodriguez, David R.; et al. (May 2015), "Stellar multiplicity and debris discs: an unbiased sample", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449 (3): 3160–3170, arXiv:1503.01320, Bibcode:2015MNRAS.449.3160R, doi:10.1093/mnras/stv483, S2CID 119237891.
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    Takeda, Yoichi (April 2007), "Fundamental Parameters and Elemental Abundances of 160 F-G-K Stars Based on OAO Spectrum Database", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 59 (2): 335–356, Bibcode:2007PASJ...59..335T, doi:10.1093/pasj/59.2.335.
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    "36 Dra". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
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    Lépine, Sébastien; Shara, Michael M. (March 2005), "A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)", The Astronomical Journal, 129 (3): 1483–1522, arXiv:astro-ph/0412070, Bibcode:2005AJ....129.1483L, doi:10.1086/427854, S2CID 2603568.
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