HD 21278

HD 21278 is a binary star system in the constellation Perseus, located within the 60±7 million year old Alpha Persei Cluster. It has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.99. The system is located at a distance of approximately 580 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +1.20 km/s. The binary nature of this star was announced in 1925 by Otto Struve. It is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 21.7 days and an eccentricity of 0.12.

HD 21278

HD 21278 is a binary star system in the constellation Perseus, located within the 60±7 million year old Alpha Persei Cluster. It has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.99. The system is located at a distance of approximately 580 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +1.20 km/s. The binary nature of this star was announced in 1925 by Otto Struve. It is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 21.7 days and an eccentricity of 0.12.