HD 196885

HD 196885
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Delphinus
Right ascension 20h 39m 51.87531s
Declination +11° 14 58.7029
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.39
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main-sequence star
Spectral type F8V + M1±1V
B−V color index 0.559±0.006
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−30.13±0.09 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +71.470±0.066 mas/yr
Dec.: +89.165±0.076 mas/yr
Parallax (π)29.4076±0.0272 mas
Distance110.9 ± 0.1 ly
(34.00 ± 0.03 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.76
Orbit
PrimaryHD 196885 A
CompanionHD 196886 B
Period (P)72.06 ± 4.59 yr
Semi-major axis (a)21.00 ± 0.86 AU
Eccentricity (e)0.42 ± 0.03
Inclination (i)116.8 ± 0.7°
Longitude of the node (Ω)79.150°
Periastron epoch (T)1982.886 AD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
231.464°
Details
A
Mass1.3 ± 0.1 M
Radius1.45+0.02
−0.05
 R
Luminosity2.695±0.006 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.46±0.02 cgs
Temperature6,340±39 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.29±0.05 dex
Rotation15 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)7.3±1.5 km/s
Age1.5—3.5 Gyr
B
Mass0.45±0.01 M
Other designations
BD+10° 4351, GC 28784, HD 196885, HIP 101966, HR 7907, SAO 106360, WDS J20399+1115, GCRV 12946, GSC 01092-01778, 2MASS J20395188+1114588
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 196885 is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Delphinus. It comprises a pair of stars HD 196885 A and HD 196885 B on a 69-years eccentric orbit.

The primary star is near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.39. It is located at a distance of 110.9 light years from the Sun. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −30 km/s, and is expected to come to within 52.5 light-years in 836,000 years.

The secondary, component B, is a red dwarf star separated by 0.6 arcseconds from the primary star that was discovered in 2006 with NaCo at VLT. It has a class in the range M1V to M3V with 51% of the Sun's mass.

The star BD+10 4351B, located 192 arcseconds away from HD 196885 is located at the same distance and may be a physically bound companion star, in which case HD 196885 is a trinary system. If it is bound, then the separation is at least 6,600 AU (the separation along the line-of-sight is unknown, so this value represents a lower limit on the true separation).