HD 134687

HD 134687
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Lupus
Right ascension 15h 12m 49.58802s
Declination −44° 30 01.4867
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.81
Characteristics
Spectral type B3 IV/V
B−V color index −0.177±0.011
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+13.5±7.4 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −22.015 mas/yr
Dec.: −22.164 mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.6373±0.9664 mas
Distanceapprox. 430 ly
(approx. 130 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.11
Orbit
Period (P)0.901407 d
Eccentricity (e) 0.03
Periastron epoch (T)0.366
Details
e Lup A
Mass6.0±0.1 M
Radius7.1 R
Luminosity (bolometric)997 L
Temperature17,100 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)13 km/s
Age20.3±4.8 Myr
Other designations
e Lup, CD−44°9932, HD 134687, HIP 74449, HR 5651, SAO 225539
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 134687 (e Lupi) is a binary star system in the southern constellation Lupus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.81. The distance to HD 134687 can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 7.6 mas, yielding roughly 430 light years. It is a member of the ~11 million year old Upper Centaurus–Lupus subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association, the closest OB association to the Sun.

This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system. The pair have a nearly circular orbit with an eccentricity of at or below 0.03 and a period of 0.901407 days (21.6338 h). The primary has an a sin i value of 2.735×105 km, which only gives a lower bound for the semimajor axis a since the orbital inclination i to the line of sight is unknown. The system is a source for X-ray emission.

The visible component has a stellar classification of B3 IV/V, matching a B-type star showing a spectrum with mixed traits of a main sequence and a subgiant star. It is 20 million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 13 km/s. The star has 6.0 times the mass of the Sun and 7.1 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 997 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 17,100 K.