HR 3220

For b¹ Carinae, see V376 Carinae. For b² Carinae, see HD 77370.
HR 3220
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 08h 09m 00.67584s[1]
Declination −61° 18 08.7391[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.75[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6VFe-0.8CH-0.4[3]
U−B color index −0.05[2]
B−V color index +0.44[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+23.7[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −150.05[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −296.87[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)50.05 ± 2.65[1] mas
Distance65 ± 3 ly
(20 ± 1 pc)
Details
Mass1.35[5] M
Surface gravity (log g)4.12[5] cgs
Temperature6,365[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.27[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8.8[6] km/s
Age10[5] Gyr
Other designations
B Carinae, CP−60°1074, FK5 2636, Gl 297.1, HD 68456 HIP 39903, HR 3220,, SAO 250131

HR 3220 (B Car) is a single-lined spectroscopic binary in the constellation Carina, approximately 65 light years from Earth. The primary is a F-type main sequence star with an apparent magnitude of +4.75. The secondary is most likely a helium white dwarf with 0.47 times the mass of the Sun. Mass transfer from the white dwarf progenitor has given the primary the spectral signature of a blue straggler that appears much younger than its actual age of about 10 billion years.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV data (SIMBAD), Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
  3. Gray, R. O. et al. (July 2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: spectroscopy of stars earlier than M0 within 40 pc-The Southern Sample", The Astronomical Journal 132 (1): 161–170, arXiv:astro-ph/0603770, Bibcode:2006AJ....132..161G, doi:10.1086/504637.
  4. Nordström, B. et al. (May 2004), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ˜14 000 F and G dwarfs", Astronomy and Astrophysics 418: 989–1019, arXiv:astro-ph/0405198, Bibcode:2004A&A...418..989N, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035959.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Fuhrmann, K. et al. (September 2011), "Discovery of the nearby F6V star HR 3220 as a field blue straggler", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 416 (1): 391–392, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.tmp..914F, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19042.x
  6. Ammler-von Eiff, M.; Reiners, A. (June 2012), New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?, arXiv:1204.2459, Bibcode:2012A&A...542A.116A, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724.