39 Draconis

This article is about b Draconis and is not to be confused with β (beta) Draconis.

39 Draconis is a wide binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. It has the Bayer designation b Draconis, while 39 Draconis is the Flamsteed designation. This system is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.0.[2] Parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at a distance of 184 light-years, or 56 parsecs away from the Sun.[1] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of -24.5 km/s.[6]

The two components of 39 Draconis have an angular separation of 6.621″ and take almost 4,000 years to orbit each other.[3] The primary star is an early A-type main-sequence star, having 2.12 times the mass of the Sun with a visual magnitude of 5.06[3] The secondary is a magnitude 8.07[3] F-type main-sequence star, and has 1.18 times the mass of the Sun.[7]

The 8th-magnitude star HD 238865 is listed in double star catalogues as component C.[9] It is separated from the other two stars by 90″ and lies at about the same distance.[10] It is itself a spectroscopic binary with an F8 primary and a red dwarf secondary orbiting every 2.7 days.[11][12]

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  12. ^ Tokovinin, A. A.; Smekhov, M. G. (1995). "Spectroscopic components in multiple systems: ADS 11336C". Astronomy Letters. 21 (2): 247. Bibcode:1995AstL...21..247T.