| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 01h 23m 40.6168s[1] |
| Declination | +37° 42′ 53.808″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.60 (6.33 + 6.38)[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A1m[3] (kA1hF1mF2)[4] |
| B−Vcolor index | 0.276[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +14.14±0.02[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 81.773±0.225[1]mas/yr Dec.: −19.592±0.226[1]mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 15.9805±0.1578 mas[1] |
| Distance | 204 ± 2 ly (62.6 ± 0.6 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.30±0.06/2.35±0.06[2] |
| Orbit[5] | |
| Period (P) | 35.36836±0.00005 d |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 5.05±0.02 mas |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.6476±0.0005 |
| Inclination (i) | 140.64±0.45° |
| Periastronepoch (T) | 54293.208±0.004 HJD |
| Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 39.27±0.05 km/s |
| Semi-amplitude (K2) (secondary) | 40.47±0.05 km/s |
| Details[5] | |
| 47 And A | |
| Mass | 1.636±0.050 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.84±0.05 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 9.0±0.5[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.16±0.02 cgs |
| Temperature | 7,280±110 K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 15.9±1.3 km/s |
| Age | 1.0±0.1 Gyr |
| 47 And B | |
| Mass | 1.587±0.049 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.66±0.12 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 8.6±0.5[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.22±0.03 cgs |
| Temperature | 7,280±120 K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 15.2±1.4 km/s |
| Age | 1.0±0.1 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| 47 And,BD+36°237,FK5 2093,HD 8374,HIP 6514,HR 395,SAO 54655,PPM 66233[6] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
47 Andromedae is abinary star[2] system in the northernconstellation ofAndromeda. The designation is from the star catalogue ofJohn Flamsteed, first published in 1712. The system has a combinedapparent visual magnitude of 5.60,[2] which is just bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions. The distance to this system, as determined from an annualparallax shift of 15.9805 mas,[1] is about 204 light years. It is moving away from the Sun with a heliocentricradial velocity of +13.3 km/s.[7]
The binary nature of this system was discovered byJohn Stanley Plaskett and Reynold Kenneth Young in 1919 using radial velocity measurements taken fromPhotographic plates obtained atDominion Astrophysical Observatory inSaanich, British Columbia, Canada.[8] It is a double-linedspectroscopic binary with anorbital period of 35.4 days and aneccentricity of 0.65. The components appear to be nearly identicalAm stars, with a magnitude difference of 0.05.[2] The combinedstellar classification is A1m.[3]