36 Draconis

36 Draconis

36 Draconis captured by the Euclid Space Telescope
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox
Constellation Draco
Right ascension 18h 13m 53.83332s
Declination +64° 23 50.2330
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.99
Characteristics
Spectral type F5 V + M3
B−V color index +0.40
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−35.6 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +351.73 mas/yr
Dec.: +351.73 mas/yr
Parallax (π)43.63±0.17 mas
Distance74.8 ± 0.3 ly
(22.92 ± 0.09 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.14 + 7.4
Details
Mass1.23±0.15 M
Radius1.635±0.037 R
Luminosity4.66±0.12 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.1±0.5 cgs
Temperature6,638±83 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.3±0.1 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8 km/s
Age2.95 Gyr
Other designations
36 Dra, BD+64°1252, FK5 685, GJ 9619, HD 168151, HIP 89348, HR 6850, SAO 17828
Database references
SIMBADdata

36 Draconis is a star in the northern constellation Draco. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.99. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 43.63 mas, it is located about 74.8 light years away. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.129 due to interstellar dust. The star has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.353 arc seconds per year. It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −35.6 km/s.

This is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V. It has 1.23 times the mass of the Sun and 1.64 times the Sun's radius. The star is around three billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 8 km/s. It is radiating 4.7 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,638 K.

Observations carried out in 2010 and 2012 detected a faint companion at an angular separation of 3.3 arcseconds. Judging by the age and magnitude, this is a red dwarf of class M3.