Star in the constellation Hercules
69 Herculis is a binary star [ 2] system in the northern constellation Hercules . It has the Bayer designation e Herculis , while 69 Herculis is the Flamsteed designation . This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.63.[ 2] The distance to this system can be estimated from parallax measurements, which yields a range of 175 light years . It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s.[ 5]
The magnitude 4.66[ 2] primary, designated component A, is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2V.[ 3] It is 155[ 9] million years old with 2.12[ 6] times the mass of the Sun . The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 155 km/s, which is creating an equatorial bulge that is 5% larger than the star's polar radius.[ 9] It is about 2.2[ 7] times the size of the Sun and is radiating 37[ 4] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,141 K.[ 8]
The secondary, component B, is magnitude 8.68 star with an angular separation of 0.840″ from the primary, as of 2008.[ 2] X-ray emission has been detected from this system. As A-type stars are not expected to be X-ray sources, this emission is most likely coming from the companion.[ 11]
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^ Schröder, C.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M. (November 2007), "X-ray emission from A-type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 475 (2): 677−684, Bibcode :2007A&A...475..677S , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20077429 .