33 Piscium

33 Piscium

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Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 00h 05m 20.14193s[1]
Declination −05° 42′ 27.4279″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.61[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0 IIIb[3]
Apparent magnitude (U) 6.52[2]
Apparent magnitude (B) 5.65[2]
Apparent magnitude (R) 3.83[2]
Apparent magnitude (I) 3.29[2]
Apparent magnitude (J) 2.89[2]
Apparent magnitude (H) 2.31[2]
Apparent magnitude (K) 2.21[2]
B−V color index 1.029±0.037
Variable type RS CVn[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−6.56±0.23[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −6.54[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 87.85[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)25.32 ± 0.53 mas[1]
Distance129 ± 3 ly
(39.5 ± 0.8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.63[5]
Orbit[6]
Period (P)72.93 d
Eccentricity (e)0.272±0.017
Periastron epoch (T)2,422,530.330±0.809 JD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		337.71±4.60°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		16.43±0.31 km/s
Details[7]
Mass0.83±0.22 M☉
Radius7[8] R☉
Luminosity24[8] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.620±0.11 cgs
Temperature4,736±92 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.12±0.05 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.0[8] km/s
Age4.8+3.3
−1.2 Myr
Other designations
33 Psc, BC Psc, BD−06° 6357, FK5 1002, GC 59, HD 28, HIP 443, HR 3, SAO 128572, PPM  181831, GCRV 36, GSC 04669-00996, 2MASS J00052013-0542275[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

33 Piscium is a binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Pisces. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.61.[2] The distance to this system, as determined from an annual parallax shift of 25.32±0.53 mas,[1] is about 129 light years. It is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of −6.6 km/s.[4]

This system was found to have a variable radial velocity by Leah Allen and Adelaide Hobe of Lick Observatory in 1911.[10] It was identified as a single-lined spectroscopic binary, and the orbital elements were published by Canadian astronomer W. E. Harper in 1926.[3] The pair have an orbital period of 72.93 days and an eccentricity of 0.27.[6] This is a RS Canum Venaticorum variable,[3] indicating a close binary system with active star spots, and has the variable star designation BC Psc.[11]

The primary, component A, is a first-ascent red giant with a stellar classification of K0 IIIb, having chemical abundances that match a first dredge-up mixing model. Pourbaix & Boffin (2003) estimated the mass of the primary as 1.7±0.4 M☉ and the secondary as 0.76±0.11 M☉.[3] However, Feuillet et al. (2016) derived a much lower mass estimate of 0.83±0.22 M☉ for the primary.[7] At the age of roughly five[7] billion years, the star has expanded to 7 times the radius of the Sun.[8] It is radiating 24[8] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 4,736 K.[7]

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