HD 3346

HD 3346

A light curve for V428 Andromedae, plotted from TESS data,
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 36m 46.44107s
Declination +44° 29 18.9202
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.13 5.19
Characteristics
Spectral type K6 IIIa (K5 - M0 III)
B−V color index 1.587±0.005
Variable type SRS
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−33.46±0.22 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −37.121 mas/yr
Dec.: +32.293 mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.7240±0.0894 mas
Distance690 ± 10 ly
(212 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.23
Orbit
Period (P)576.2±3.5 d
Eccentricity (e)0.30±0.06
Periastron epoch (T)43787±22 MJD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
279±15°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
0.69±0.08 km/s
Details
Radius69.98±2.98 R
Luminosity979.2±76.65 L
Surface gravity (log g)1.19±0.16 cgs
Temperature3909±170 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.00±0.10 dex
Other designations
V428 Andromedae, BD+43°113, HD 3346, HIP 2900, HR 152, SAO 36509, PPM 43119
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 3346, also known as V428 Andromedae, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. It is a dim star but visible to the naked eye under suitable viewing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.14. The distance to HD 3346 can be determined from its annual parallax shift of 4.72 mas. This yields a range of about 690 light-years (210 parsecs). At that distance the brightness of the system is diminished by an extinction of 0.16 magnitude due to interstellar dust. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −33 km/s.