Star in the constellation Perseus
31 Persei is a single[ 13] star in the northernconstellation ofPerseus . It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued point of light with anapparent visual magnitude of 5.05.[ 2] This star is located around 172 parsecs (560 ly) away from the Sun,[ 14] and it is drifting closer with aradial velocity of −1.6 km/s.[ 5] It is likely a member of theAlpha Persei Cluster .[ 15]
This object is a massiveB-type main-sequence star with astellar classification of B5V[ 3] and it is currently generating energy throughhydrogen fusion at itscore . It is around 234[ 9] million years old and is spinning rapidly with aprojected rotational velocity of 260 km/s.[ 10] The star has 4.6[ 7] times themass of the Sun and about 3.4[ 8] times theradius of the Sun . It is radiating 950[ 6] times theluminosity of the Sun from itsphotosphere at aneffective temperature of 15,301 K.[ 6]
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