34 Persei
34 Persei is a binary star[3] system in the northern constellation of Perseus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.67.[2] The system is located approximately 540 light years away from the Sun based on parallax,[1] but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −3.5 km/s.[6] It is a likely member of the Alpha Persei Cluster.[11]
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| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000  | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Perseus | 
| Right ascension | 03h 29m 22.05019s[1] | 
| Declination | 49° 30′ 32.2114″[1] | 
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.67[2] (4.76 + 7.18)[3] | 
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B3V[4] | 
| U−B color index | −0.57[5] | 
| B−V color index | −0.09[5] | 
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −3.50[6] km/s | 
| Proper motion (μ) |  RA: +22.20[1] mas/yr  Dec.: −29.49[1] mas/yr  | 
| Parallax (π) | 6.05 ± 0.36 mas[1] | 
| Distance | 540 ± 30 ly  (165 ± 10 pc)  | 
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.62[2] | 
| Details | |
| 32 Per A | |
| Mass | 6.9±0.1[7] M☉ | 
| Radius | 3.1[8] R☉ | 
| Luminosity | 671[2] L☉ | 
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.076[9] cgs | 
| Temperature | 16,421[9] K | 
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 200[9] km/s | 
| Age | 29.3±3.4[7] Myr | 
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data | 
The primary member, designated component A, is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B3V[4] and visual magnitude 4.76.[3] It is an estimated 29[7] million years old with a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 200 km/s.[9] The star has 6.9[7] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.1[8] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 671[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 16,421 K.[9]
The secondary companion, component B, has an angular separation of 0.6″ from the primary and visual magnitude of 7.34.[12]
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 - Mason, Brian D.; et al. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vizier catalog entry
 
