V380 Orionis

V380 Orionis

V380 Ori embedded in NGC 1999
Credit: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Orion
Right ascension 05h 36m 25.43205s
Declination –06° 42 57.6847
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.2–10.7
Characteristics
Spectral type A1e
Variable type Orion variable
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)15.40 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –0.667 mas/yr
Dec.: –2.408 mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.6425±0.1117 mas
Distance1,230 ± 50 ly
(380 ± 20 pc)
Orbit
Period (P)104 ± 5 days
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
< 1.4 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
18 ± 14 km/s
Details
Primary
Mass2.87 M
Radius3 R
Luminosity100 L
Temperature10,500 ± 500 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.5 dex
Rotation4.31276 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)6.7 ± 1.1 km/s
Secondary
Mass1.6 M
Radius2 R
Luminosity3.16 L
Temperature5,500 ± 500 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)18.7 ± 3.2 km/s
Age2 ± 1 million Myr
Other designations
V380 Ori, BD06°1253, HIP 26327, WDS J05365-0643
Database references
SIMBADdata

V380 Ori is a young multiple star system located near the Orion Nebula in the constellation Orion, thought to be somewhere between 1 and 3 million years old. It lies at the centre of NGC 1999 and is the primary source lighting up this and other nebulae in the region.