Star HD 167971

Triple star system HD 167971 is located 4485 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 3 stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

HD 167971 A

Blue star

Spectral class: O4/5 If

Location

Right ascension: 18h 18m 5.896s

Declination: -12° 14' 33.345'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 0.727

Sun distance: 4484.693 ly | 1375 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 5610 % M Sun (estimate)

Photometry

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

HD 167971 B

Blue Giant

Spectral class: O4/5 V-III

Basic characteristic

HD 167971 C

Blue supergiant

Spectral class: O8 Iaf

Basic characteristic

Mass: 5400 % M Sun (estimate)

Size: 1420 % R Sun (estimate)

HD 167971 system structure


	HD 167971 A
	HD 167971 B
	HD 167971 C

More about HD 167971

       HD 167971 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
Gaia DR3 4153657378750644864

External sources

X-raying the wind-wind collisions in HD 168112 and HD 167971

Scientific study, Accepted: 18. 10. 2024

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