54 Aurigae

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54 Aurigae
File:54AurLightCurve.png
A light curve for 54 Aurigae, plotted from TESS data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Auriga
A
Right ascension Template:RA[2]
Declination Template:DEC[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.22[3]
B
Right ascension Template:RA[2]
Declination Template:DEC[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.82[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B7 III[4]
B−V Template:Engvar Script error: No such module "val".[5]
Variable type Algol[6]
Astrometry
A
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −5.461[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −10.523[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.5961±0.0952 mas[2]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Details
54 Aur A
Luminosity315.49[7] Template:Solar luminosity
Temperature11,083[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)65[8] km/s
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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54 Aurigae is a multiple star system located around Script error: No such module "convert". away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.02.[5] The system is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of around +19 km/s.[5]

54 Aurigae is resolved into two visible components, of magnitudes 6.22 and 7.82, separated by Script error: No such module "val".. The double was discovered in 1843 when the separation was only Script error: No such module "val"..[10] There is no separate measure of the parallax of the secondary, but it shares a common proper motion with the brighter star[11] and they are assumed to form a binary.[10] The spectral class B7 III is assigned to the brighter of the pair, indicating a hot giant star, although it has also been given as B7/8 III/V, suggesting it may be a main sequence star.[12] Most sources can't give a separate spectral classification for the fainter star, but it has been listed as DA1/K4V, indicating it is either a white dwarf or red dwarf.[13]

The brighter component of the visible pair is an eclipsing binary with a period of 1.8797 days, and a primary eclipse depth of 0.03 magnitudes.[14] It is radiating 315 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of Script error: No such module "convert".,[7] and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of Script error: No such module "convert"..[8]

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