39_Eridani
39 Eridani
Star in the constellation Eridanus
39 Eridani is a wide binary star[3] system in the equatorial constellation of Eridanus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.87.[2] As of 2015, the components had an angular separation of 6.4″ along a position angle of 143°.[9] The system is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of +7 km/s.[2]
The magnitude 5.07[3] primary, designated component A, is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III.[3] This object is more than a billion[4] years old with 1.77[4] times the mass of the Sun. With the hydrogen at its core exhausted, the star has expanded to 12[5] times the Sun's radius. It is a candidate super metal-rich star, showing a significant overabundance of iron compared to the Sun.[10] 39 Eridani A is radiating 81.3[6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,641 K.[4]
The secondary, component B, is a magnitude 8.68[3] G-type main-sequence star with a class of G2 V.[3] It has 1.15[7] times the Sun's radius and shines with 1.37 times the luminosity of the Sun at an effective temperature of 5,816 K.[7]