HD_79447

HD 79447

HD 79447

Star in the constellation Carina

This article is about i Carinae. For I Carinae, see HD 90589. For ι Carinae, see Iota Carinae. For l Carinae, see HD 84810.

HD 79447 is a single[8] star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation i Carinae, while HD 79447 is the identifier from the Henry Draper catalogue. This star has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.96.[2] It is located at a distance of approximately 540 light years from the Sun based on parallax,[1] and has an absolute magnitude of −2.14.[2] The star drifting further away with a radial velocity of +18 km/s.[2] It is a candidate member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux group of the Sco OB2 association.[9]

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0, Constellation ...

This object is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B3V.[3] A surface magnetic field has been detected with a strength on the order of 1 kG.[9] It has an estimated age of around 39[4] million years with no measured spin rate.[6] The star has about 5.6[5] times the radius of the Sun and 7[4] times the Sun's mass. It is radiating over two thousand[2] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 18,900 K.[3]

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    Neiner, Coralie; et al. (November 2015), "Discovery of two new bright magnetic B stars: i Car and Atlas", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 454 (1): L56–L60, arXiv:1508.06784, Bibcode:2015MNRAS.454L..56N, doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slv128.
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