HR 3159

HR 3159
Observation data; Epoch J2000.00 Equinox J2000.00
Constellation	Carina
Right ascension	08h 00m 19.96678s
Declination	−63° 34′ 02.8420″
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.81
Characteristics
Spectral type	B4V
B−V color index	−0.173±0.007
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+22.1±2.8 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −1.89 mas/yr ; Dec.: 19.21 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	6.53 ± 0.13 mas
Distance	499 ± 10 ly ; (153 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−1.11
Details
Mass	6.3±0.1 M☉
Radius	3.77±0.27 R☉
Luminosity	912 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	4.03±0.05 cgs
Temperature	16,983 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.09±0.06 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	43 km/s
Age	17.2±1.3 or 176 Myr
Other designations
	D Car, CD−63°866, FK5 2624, GC 10893, HD 66591, HIP 39138, HR 3159, SAO 250069
Database references
SIMBAD	data

HR 3159 is a single^[10] star in the southern constellation of Carina, positioned near the southern constellation border with Volans. It has the Bayer designation D Carinae; HR 3159 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation. This object has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.81.^[2] It is located at a distance of approximately 499 light years from the Sun based on parallax,^[1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 22 km/s.

This object is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B4V,^[3] which indicates it is undergoing core hydrogen fusion. The star has a radius of nearly four times the radius of the Sun,^[5] and over six^[4] times the Sun's mass. Age estimates range from 17^[4] up to 176^[8] million years old, and it is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 43 km/s.^[6] It is radiating 912^[6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 16,983 K.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
^ ^a ^b Houk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 1, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tetzlaff, N.; et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, S2CID 118629873.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fitzpatrick, E. L.; Massa, D. (March 2005), "Determining the Physical Properties of the B Stars. II. Calibration of Synthetic Photometry", The Astronomical Journal, 129 (3): 1642–1662, arXiv:astro-ph/0412542, Bibcode:2005AJ....129.1642F, doi:10.1086/427855, S2CID 119512018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Balona, L. A.; et al. (May 2019), "Rotational modulation in TESS B stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485 (3): 3457–3469, arXiv:1902.09470, Bibcode:2019MNRAS.485.3457B, doi:10.1093/mnras/stz586.
^ Gáspár, András; et al. (2016), "The Correlation between Metallicity and Debris Disk Mass", The Astrophysical Journal, 826 (2): 171, arXiv:1604.07403, Bibcode:2016ApJ...826..171G, doi:10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/171, S2CID 119241004.
^ ^a ^b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012), "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars", Astronomy Letters, 38 (11): 694–706, arXiv:1606.09028, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..694G, doi:10.1134/S1063773712110035, S2CID 119108982.
^ "HD 66591". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.