Star in the constellation Perseus
31 Persei is a single[ 13] star in the northern constellation of Perseus . It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.05.[ 2] This star is located around 172 parsecs (560 ly) away from the Sun,[ 14] and it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −1.6 km/s.[ 5] It is likely a member of the Alpha Persei Cluster .[ 15]
This object is a massive B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B5V[ 3] and it is currently generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core . It is around 234[ 9] million years old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 260 km/s.[ 10] The star has 4.6[ 7] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.4[ 8] times the radius of the Sun . It is radiating 950[ 6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 15,301 K.[ 6]
References
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