HD 23596

HD 23596 is a 7th magnitude star approximately 170 light years away in the constellation Perseus. The visual luminosity of the star is 2.63 times greater than our Sun.[2] HD 23596 dwarfs the Sun is terms of physical properties; including mass, radius, age, metallicity, and temperature. The spectrum of the star is F8.

HD 23596
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension  03h 48m 00.3744s[1]
Declination +40° 31 50.3005[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.24
Characteristics
Spectral type F8
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 53.007±0.075[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 21.310±0.050[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)19.2012 ± 0.0376[1] mas
Distance169.9 ± 0.3 ly
(52.1 ± 0.1 pc)
Details
Mass1.2 ± 0.04[2] M
Radius1.53 ± 0.04[2] R
Luminosity2.63 ± 0.03[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.14 ± 0.03[2] cgs
Temperature5953 ± 48[2] K
Age5.0 ± 0.7[2] Gyr
Other designations
BD+40º835, HIP 17747, SAO 39110
Database references
SIMBADdata

Planetary system

In June 2002, a massive long-period planet orbiting the star was announced.[3]

The HD 23596 planetary system[3]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b >8.10 MJ 2.88 1565 ± 21 0.292 ± 0.023
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References

  1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. Bonfanti, A.; et al. (2015). "Revising the ages of planet-hosting stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 575. A18. arXiv:1411.4302. Bibcode:2015A&A...575A..18B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424951.
  3. Perrier, C.; et al. (2003). "The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets. I. Six new extra-solar planet candidates". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 410 (3): 1039–1049. arXiv:astro-ph/0308281. Bibcode:2003A&A...410.1039P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031340.

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