21 Persei

21 Persei
Location of 21 Persei (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 02h 57m 17.28228s[1]
Declination 31° 56′ 03.1976″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.10[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A2VspSiEu[3]
U−B color index −0.24[4]
B−V color index −0.01[4]
Variable type α² CVn[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+8.50[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +1.319[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -30.384[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.8477 ± 0.2575 mas[1]
Distance331 ± 9 ly
(102 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.14[2]
Details
Mass3.57[7] M☉
Luminosity88.65[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.05[7] cgs
Temperature12,585[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.90[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)20[7] km/s
Other designations
21 Per, LT Per, BD+31°509, FK5 2205, GC 3544, HD 18296, HIP 13775, HR 873, SAO 56031[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

21 Persei is a single,[10] variable star in the northern constellation of Perseus, located about 331 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.10 km/s.[2] The object is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +8.5 km/s.[6] It has the variable star designation LT Persei; 21 Persei is the Flamsteed designation.


A light curve for LT Persei, plotted from Hipparcos data[11]

This is an Ap star with a stellar classification of A2VspSiEu,[3] where the A2V indicates it is an A-type main-sequence star, 's' means narrow "sharp" absorption, and SiEu shows abundance anomalies of the elements silicon and europium. The star is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable, meaning that the star has a strong magnetic field chromium, silicon, and strontium spectral lines. 21 Persei's period of variability is approximately 2.88 days.[12]

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