36 Draconis

36 Draconis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox
Constellation Draco
Right ascension 18h 13m 53.83332s[1]
Declination +64° 23′ 50.2330″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.99[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F5 V[3] + M3[4]
B−V color index +0.40[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−35.6[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +351.73[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +351.73[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)43.63 ± 0.17 mas[1]
Distance74.8 ± 0.3 ly
(22.92 ± 0.09 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.14[3] + 7.4[4]
Details[2]
Mass1.23±0.15 M
Radius1.635±0.037 R
Luminosity4.66±0.12 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.1±0.5 cgs
Temperature6,638±83 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.3±0.1 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8[3] km/s
Age2.95[5] Gyr
Other designations
36 Dra, BD+64° 1252, FK5 685, GJ 9619, HD 168151, HIP 89348, HR 6850, SAO 17828[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

36 Draconis is a star in the northern constellation Draco. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.99.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 43.63[1] mas, it is located about 74.8 light years away. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.129 due to interstellar dust.[2] The star has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.353 arc seconds per year.[7] It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −35.6 km/s.[3]

This is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V.[3] It has 1.23 times the mass of the Sun and 1.64 times the Sun's radius.[2] The star is around three[5] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 8 km/s.[3] It is radiating 4.7 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,638 K.[2]

Observations carried out in 2010 and 2012 detected a faint companion at an angular separation of 3.3 arcseconds. Judging by the age and magnitude, this is a red dwarf of class M3.[4]

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: The named reference Takeda2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Rodriguez2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Takeda2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "36 Dra". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lepine2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).