Star in the constellation Vela
HD 91324 is a likely binary[ 4] star system in the southern constellation of Vela . It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.89.[ 2] The distance to HD 91324, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 45.6 mas ,[ 1] is 71.5 light years . It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +21 km/s.[ 1]
The primary, component A, is a metal-deficient [ 7] F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F9V Fe-0.8 CH-0.7 ,[ 3] where the suffix notation indicates underabundances of iron and methine in its spectrum . It is around 3.5[ 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 .[ 4] It is radiating 4.55[ 2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,127 K.[ 4]
A faint star designated 2MASS J10313234–5338010[ 8] 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.[ 9]
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^ a b Pace, G. (March 2013), "Chromospheric activity as age indicator. An L-shaped chromospheric-activity versus age diagram", Astronomy & Astrophysics , 551 : 4, arXiv :1301.5651 , Bibcode :2013A&A...551L...8P , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201220364 , S2CID 56420519 , L8.
^ "HD 91324" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2018-08-13 .
^ da Silva, L. (July 1975), "The study of HR 3018, HD 91324 and alpha Crv and its implication for the age-abundance correlation of the neighbour stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 41 : 287–300, Bibcode :1975A&A....41..287D .
^ "2MASS J10313234-5338010" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2018-08-13 .
^ Luhman, Kevin L.; et al. (2012), "New M, L, and T Dwarf Companions to Nearby Stars from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer", The Astrophysical Journal , 760 (2), 152, arXiv :1211.3977 , Bibcode :2012ApJ...760..152L , doi :10.1088/0004-637X/760/2/152 , S2CID 51010785 .