39 Leonis

39 Leonis is the Flamsteed designation for a star in the zodiac constellation of Leo. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.90, so, according to the Bortle scale, it is faintly visible from suburban skies at night. Parallax measurements show an annual parallax shift of 0.0449″,^[1] which is equivalent to a distance of around 72.6 ly (22.3 pc) from the Sun.

39 Leonis

Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	10h 17m 14.538s[1]
Declination	+23° 06′ 22.38″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.81[2]/11.40[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type	F6 V[4] + M1[3]
U−B color index	–0.05[5]
B−V color index	+0.50[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+37.4[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −413.372 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −98.047 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)	44.9008 ± 0.0699 mas[1]
Distance	72.6 ± 0.1 ly (22.27 ± 0.03 pc)
Details
39 Leo A
Mass	0.98[7] M☉
Radius	0.99[8] R☉
Luminosity	2.19[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	4.29±0.14[2] cgs
Temperature	6,118±49[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	–0.27[2] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	2.16[9] km/s
Age	6.3[2] Gyr
39 Leo B
Radius	0.48[8] R☉
Surface gravity (log g)	4.83±0.05[3] cgs
Temperature	3,740±40[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.33±0.06[3] dex
Other designations
39 Leo, BD+23 2207, GJ 387, HD 89125, HIP 50384, HR 4039, SAO 81270[10]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

The stellar classification of 39 Leonis is F6 V,^[4] indicating it is a main sequence star. It shines with a luminosity more than double that of the Sun, although it has nearly the same mass and size.^[7][8] This is a mature star with an estimated age of 6.3 billion years. The abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium is about half that in the Sun, making this a metal-poor star.^[7] The effective temperature of the stellar atmosphere is 6,118 K,^[2] giving it the yellow-white hued glow of an F-type star.^[11]

Observations made with the Akari satellite at a wavelength of 18 μm show an excess of infrared emission. This suggests the presence of an inner debris disk orbiting the star at a distance greater than four astronomical units (AU). There was no significant excess found at 22 μm.^[7]

A companion star is located at an angular separation of 7.72″ along a position angle of 302.7°—this corresponds to a projected separation of 175 AU.^[12] It is a red dwarf star with a classification of M1 and an apparent visual magnitude of 11.40.^[3]

See also

• List of stars in Leo

References

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
2. Maldonado, J.; et al. (May 2012). "Metallicity of solar-type stars with debris discs and planets". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 541: A40. arXiv:1202.5884. Bibcode:2012A&A...541A..40M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201218800. S2CID 46328823.
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9. Martínez-Arnáiz, R.; et al. (September 2010), "Chromospheric activity and rotation of FGK stars in the solar vicinity. An estimation of the radial velocity jitter" (PDF), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 520: A79, arXiv:1002.4391, Bibcode:2010A&A...520A..79M, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913725, S2CID 43455849, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-22, retrieved 2018-11-04.
10. "LTT 12754 -- High proper-motion Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2013-10-13.
11. "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, December 21, 2004, archived from the original on March 18, 2012, retrieved 2012-01-16.
12. Zapatero-Osorio, María Rosa; Martín, Eduardo L. (May 2004), "A CCD imaging search for wide metal-poor binaries", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 419: 167–180, arXiv:astro-ph/0402310, Bibcode:2004A&A...419..167Z, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035907, S2CID 1688885.