41 Arietis

41 Arietis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aries
Right ascension 02h 49m 59.0323s
Declination +27° 15′ 37.825″
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.606
Characteristics
Spectral type B8Vn
U−B color index -0.11
B−V color index -0.37
Variable type Variable star
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) 4 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 65.47 mas/yr
Dec.: -116.59 mas/yr
Parallax (π) 20.45 ± 0.79 mas
Distance 159 ± 6 ly
(49 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 3.515
Details
Mass 18 M
Radius 7 R
Luminosity 20,000 L
Temperature 10,000–30,000 K
Rotation 180 Km/s
0,00539767451 Year
Orbit
Companion CCDM J02499+2715 Aa
Semimajor axis (a) 0,2"
Inclination (i) 204°
Orbit
Companion CCDM J02499+2715 B
Semimajor axis (a) 24.6"
Inclination (i) 277°
Orbit
Companion CCDM J02499+2715 C
Semimajor axis (a) 31.3"
Inclination (i) 213°
Orbit
Companion CCDM J02499+2715 D
Semimajor axis (a) 124.9"
Inclination (i) 232°
Other designations
Bharani, c Arietis, HR 838,
HD 17573, BD+26°471,
FK5 100, HIP 13209,
SAO 75596, GC 3391,
ADS 2159, CCDM 02499+2715.
Database references
SIMBAD data
Data sources:
Hipparcos Catalogue,
CCDM (2002),
Bright Star Catalogue (5th rev. ed.)

41 Arietis or c Arietis is a star in the constellation Aries. It does not possess a Greek letter Bayer designation, since this star was once part of the now-obsolete constellation Musca Borealis, but is sometimes designated c Arietis. 41 Arietis belongs to the spectral class B8Vn, and has a stellar magnitude of +3.61. It is 160 light-years from Earth.

41 Ari is part of the Bharani lunar mansion in Hindu astrology. In Chinese, 胃宿 (Wèi Su), meaning Stomach (asterism), refers to an asterism consisting of 41 Arietis, 35 Arietis and 39 Arietis.[1] Consequently, 41 Arietis itself is known as 胃宿三 (Wèi Su sān, English: the Third Star of Stomach.)[2]

Components

NAME Right ascension Declination Apparent magnitude (V) Spectral type Database references
IDS 02441+2651 B (BD+26 471B) 02h 49m 56.8s +27° 15' 45 10.29 Simbad
IDS 02441+2651 C (BD+26 471C) 02h 49m 57.3s +27° 15' 16 10.35 Simbad
IDS 02441+2651 D (BD+26 470) 02h 49m 51.363s +27° 14' 30.04 8.6 K0 Simbad

References

  1. ^ (Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.
  2. ^ (Chinese) http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E7%BE%8A%E5%BA%A7