HD 91324

HD 91324
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Vela
Right ascension 10h 31m 21.82130s
Declination −53° 42 55.7373
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.89
Characteristics
Spectral type F9V Fe-0.8 CH-0.7
B−V color index 0.500±0.015
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+21.37±0.20 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −420.131 mas/yr
Dec.: +209.450 mas/yr
Parallax (π)45.6124±0.1682 mas
Distance71.5 ± 0.3 ly
(21.92 ± 0.08 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.20
Details
HD 91324 A
Mass1.18 M
Radius1.86±0.06 R
Luminosity4.55 L
Surface gravity (log g)3.97±0.10 cgs
Temperature6,127±70 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.27±0.06 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8.8±0.6 km/s
Age3.52±1.08 Gyr
Other designations
CD−53°3569, GJ 397.2, GJ 9332, HD 91324, HIP 51523, HR 4134, SAO 238146
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 91324 is a likely binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.89. The distance to HD 91324, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 45.6 mas, is 71.5 light years. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +21 km/s.

The primary, component A, is a metal-deficient F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F9V Fe-0.8 CH-0.7, where the suffix notation indicates underabundances of iron and methine in its spectrum. It is around 3.5 billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 9 km/s. The star has 1.18 times the mass of the Sun and 1.86 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 4.55 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,127 K.

A faint star designated 2MASS J10313234–5338010 was found to be a possible companion to HD 91324 through a proper motion study combining data from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey and the WISE space telescope. The projected separation of the two components is 309, or 6,700 AU. Proper motion measurements for the two stars are almost identical making HD 91324 a likely binary star system. The photometry of 2MASS J10313234–5338010 is consistent with it being a red dwarf of spectral type M5 or M6.