Theta Persei

Star system in the constellation Perseus

θ Persei
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Location of θ Persei (circled)
Constellation	Perseus
Right ascension	02^h 44^m 11.98704^s^[1]
Declination	+49° 13′ 42.4111″^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.11^[2] / 9.987^[3]
Characteristics
θ Per A
Evolutionary stage	Main sequence
Spectral type	F8 V^[4]
U−B color index	+0.00^[5]
B−V color index	+0.49^[5]
θ Per B
Spectral type	M1.5 V^[6]
B−V color index	+1.48^[7]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	+24.32^[8] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +334.66^[1] mas/yr Dec.: -89.99^[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	89.87 ± 0.22 mas^[1]
Distance	36.29 ± 0.09 ly (11.13 ± 0.03 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	3.88^[9]

Orbit^[10]
Period (P)	2,720 yr
Semi-major axis (a)	22.289″
Eccentricity (e)	0.13
Inclination (i)	75.44°
Longitude of the node (Ω)	128°
Periastron epoch (T)	B 1613
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary)	100.64°
Details
θ Per A
Mass	1.138±0.010^[11] `M`_☉
Radius	1.319±0.011^[11] `R`_☉
Luminosity	2.235±0.040^[11] `L`_☉
Surface gravity (log g)	4.43±0.17^[12] cgs
Temperature	6,328±86^[12] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.03±0.09^[12] dex
Age	4.0±0.4^[11] Gyr
θ Per B
Mass	0.521±0.052^[3] `M`_☉
Radius	0.498±0.017^[3] `R`_☉
Temperature	3,685±60^[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.03±0.09^[12] dex
Age	2.4^[3] Gyr
Other designations
θ Per, BD+48°746, GJ 107, CCDM J02441+4913, IDS 02374+4848, WDS J02442+4914
θ Per A: 13 Persei, HR 799, HD 16895, HIP 12777, FK5 93, GC 3277, PPM 45428, SAO 38288
θ Per B: 2MASS J02441025+4913540
Database references
SIMBAD	θ Per
	θ Per A
	θ Per B

Theta Persei (Theta Per, θ Persei, θ Per) is a star system 37 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Perseus. It is one of the closest naked-eye stars.

The primary star is a yellowish dwarf (main sequence) star of spectral type F8V, which is somewhat larger and brighter than the Sun, but still within the range considered to have the potential for Earth-like planets. There is also a red dwarf companion of spectral type M1.V, orbiting about 250 AU from the primary. It has a Gaia Data Release 2 parallax of 89.2871±0.1534 mas, corresponding to a distance of 11.2 pc.^[13]

An 11th-magnitude star is listed in double-star catalogues as component C of the multiple system. It was 95″ away from component A in 2002,^[14] although the separation is rapidly increasing as it is a distant background object with a very different proper motion to the other two stars.^[15] An unconfirmed companion, possibly a brown dwarf, was reported 6.2″ from θ Persei B in 2010.^[16]

References

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^ Alonso-Floriano, F. J.; Morales, J. C.; Caballero, J. A.; Montes, D.; Klutsch, A.; Mundt, R.; Cortés-Contreras, M.; Ribas, I.; Reiners, Ansgar; Amado, P. J.; Quirrenbach, A.; Jeffers, S. V. (2015). "CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 577: A128. arXiv:1502.07580. Bibcode:2015A&A...577A.128A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201525803. S2CID 53135130.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Weis, Edward W. (1999). "Photometry of Late Dwarf Stars". The Astronomical Journal. 117 (6): 3021–3024. Bibcode:1999AJ....117.3021W. doi:10.1086/300900.
^ Nidever, David L.; et al. (August 2002), "Radial Velocities for 889 Late-Type Stars", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 141 (2): 503–522, arXiv:astro-ph/0112477, Bibcode:2002ApJS..141..503N, doi:10.1086/340570, S2CID 51814894.
^ Holmberg, J.; et al. (July 2009), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 501 (3): 941–947, arXiv:0811.3982, Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191, S2CID 118577511.
^ Boulé, Cory; Andrews, Kaitlyn; Penfield, Andrew; Puckette, Ian; Goodale, Keith A.; Harfenist, Steven A. (2017). "Determining Binary Star Orbits Using Kepler's Equation" (PDF). Journal of Double Star Observations. 13 (2): 189. Bibcode:2017JDSO...13..189B.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Boyajian, Tabetha S.; et al. (February 2012), "Stellar Diameters and Temperatures. I. Main-sequence A, F, and G Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 746 (1): 101, arXiv:1112.3316, Bibcode:2012ApJ...746..101B, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/101, S2CID 18993744. See Table 10, 12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bonfils, Xavier; Delfosse, Xavier; Udry, Stéphane; Santos, Nuno C.; Forveille, Thierry; Ségransan, Damien (2005). "Metallicity of M dwarfs. I. A photometric calibration and the impact on the mass-luminosity relation at the bottom of the main sequence". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 442 (2): 635–642. arXiv:astro-ph/0503260. Bibcode:2005A&A...442..635B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053046. S2CID 13900901.
^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
^ Mason, Brian D.; et al. (December 2001), "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 3466–3471, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920
^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
^ Tanner, Angelle M.; Gelino, Christopher R.; Law, Nicholas M. (2010). "A High-Contrast Imaging Survey ofSIM Lite Planet Search Targets". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 122 (896): 1195–1206. arXiv:1007.4315. Bibcode:2010PASP..122.1195T. doi:10.1086/656481. S2CID 118459054.

External links

"Simbad Query Result". Simbad. Retrieved March 28, 2007.
"Draft of SIM target stars". JPL. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2007.

Constellation of Perseus

Stars

Bayer	α (Mirfak) β (Algol) γ δ ε ζ η (Miram) θ ι κ (Misam) λ μ ν ξ (Menkib) ο (Atik) π ρ σ τ φ ψ ω b
Flamsteed	1 2 3 4 (g) 5 7 8 9 (i) 10 11 12 14 16 17 20 21 24 29 30 31 32 (l) 34 36 40 (o) 42 (n) 43 (A) 48 (c) 49 50 52 (f) 53 (d) 54 55 56 57 (m) 58 (e) 59 1 Aur
Variable	S T U V X Z RS RT RV RW RY ST SU SV TZ UV UX UY VX XX XY XZ YZ AB AG AR AS AW AX BM DM DY FO GK IK IP IQ IU IW IX IZ KP KS KT KW LX V351 V356 V357 V361 V376 V380 V386 V392 V396 V400 V423 V432 V440 V459 V461 V471 V472 V473 V480 V490 V492 V505 V509 V518 V520 (61 And) V521 V545 V551 V572 V573 V575 V576 V621 V718 V1024
HR	470 526 529 538 540 621 641 787 792 810 820 831 842 846 849 864 865 876 885 886 890 894 918 (k) 920 923 930 949 950 956 964 966 969 973 975 979 986 991 1001 1019 1034 1037 1041 1047 1051 1056 1059 1074 1097 1113 1127 1130 1133 1141 1160 1164 1176 1191 1197 1198 1207 1215 1226 1234 1286 1301 1330 1333 1337 1344 1371 1390 1419 1424 1482 1489 1493 1500 1514
HD	13519 14433 14434 16691 16760 17092 17245 17605 21684 22781 23301 23596 25329 26702 29587
Other	BD+31 643 BD+48 740 G 38-29 G 95-57 GD 61 HAT-P-15 (Berehynia) HAT-P-29 (Muspelheim) IRAS 04296+3429 L1448-IRS2E LkHα 101 LRLL 54361 NGC 1333 13 NGC 1333 IRAS 2A NGC 1333 IRAS 4A NGC 1333 IRAS 4B NGC 1624-2 PSR B0355+54 PSR J0357+3205 WR 4

Exoplanets	WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b

Star
clusters

NGC	869 (h) 884 (χ) 957 1039 1220 1285 1342 1444 1513 1528 1545 1624
Other	Alpha Persei Cluster IC 348 Trumpler 2

Nebulae

NGC	650 (Little Dumbbell Nebula) 1333 1491 1499 (California Nebula) 1579
Other	Barnard 203 Wreath Nebula

Galaxies

NGC	1003 1023 1058 1077 1160 1161 1167 1169 1250 1259 1260 1264 1265 1267 1268 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1277 1278 1279 1281 1282 1283 1293 1294 1334
Other	IC 310 UGC 2885 (Godzilla galaxy) 4C +37.11