Location of HD 93607 inIC 2602 (circled) | |
Observation data EpochJ2000.0 EquinoxJ2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Carina |
Right ascension | 10h 46m 51.21898s[1] |
Declination | −64° 23′ 00.5045″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.87[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B4V[3] |
U−Bcolor index | −0.655[2] |
B−Vcolor index | −0.15[2] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −18.590[1]mas/yr Dec.: +9.832[1]mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 6.6468±0.0739 mas[1] |
Distance | 491 ± 5 ly (150 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.116[4] |
Details | |
Mass | 5.9[5] M☉ |
Radius | 3.9[1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 893[4] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.098[6] cgs |
Temperature | 16,882[4] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.34[1] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 160[6] km/s |
Age | 17.5[5] Myr |
Other designations | |
CPD−63 1655,HD 93607,HIP 52736,HR 4222,SAO 251120 | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 93607 (HR 4222) is astar in theconstellationCarina. Itsapparent magnitude is 4.87. Its parent cluster isIC 2602.
HD 93607 is a B4main sequence star, although older spectral studies classified it as asubgiant.[7] It is included on a list of the least variable stars amongst those observed by theHipparcos satellite, with a possible variation less than 0.01magnitudes.[8]
HD 93607 lies in the core region of the brightopen cluster IC 3602. Its age is uncertain but around 17 million years.[5]