HD 106906

HD 106906 is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Crux. It is too faint to be visible to the naked eye, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of 7.80. The distance to this system is approximately 337 light years based on parallax, and it is receding from the Sun with a radial velocity of +10 km/s. It is a member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux group of the Scorpius–Centaurus OB association of co-moving stars.

HD 106906

Star map shows star position on the northern edge of the constellation Crux
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Crux
Right ascension 12h 17m 53.191430s
Declination −55° 58 31.8904
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.80
Characteristics
Spectral type F5 V
B−V color index 0.458±0.003
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+10.2±1.7 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −39.014 mas/yr
Dec.: −12.872 mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.6774 ± 0.0429 mas
Distance337 ± 1 ly
(103.3 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.99
Details
Radius2.03+0.11
−0.10
 R
Luminosity6.56±0.04 L
Temperature6,484+157
−168
 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.04±0.08 dex
Age13±2 Myr
Other designations
CD−55°4537, HD 106906, HIP 59960, SAO 239819, 2MASS J12175319-5558319
Database references
SIMBADdata

This is a double-lined spectroscopic binary system consisting of two F-type main-sequence stars with similar masses and a matching stellar classification of F5 V. Their orbital period is less than 100 days.

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