Atik

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Atik, also known as Zeta Persei, is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Perseus and a prominent member of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf B-type star
blue supergiant star
massive star
star
age_Myr about 7
alsoKnownAs Zeta Persei NERFINISHED
ζ Persei NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV 2.85
BayerDesignation ζ Persei NERFINISHED
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
catalogIdentifier BD+31 643 NERFINISHED
HD 24398 NERFINISHED
HIP 18396 NERFINISHED
HR 1220 NERFINISHED
SAO 56628 NERFINISHED
colorIndexBminusV -0.19
constellation Perseus NERFINISHED
coreFusion helium or heavier elements
declination +31° 53′ 01″
distanceFromEarth_ly about 750
distanceFromEarth_pc about 230
effectiveTemperature_K about 21,000
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS NERFINISHED
evolutionaryStage post-main-sequence
FlamsteedDesignation 44 Persei NERFINISHED
galacticLatitude_deg -17.74
galacticLongitude_deg 160.36
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasCompanion optical companion star
hasProperMotionDec_masPerYr about -8.6
hasProperMotionRA_masPerYr about +3.3
isBrightStar true
isIonizingSourceFor nearby interstellar medium
isNakedEyeVisible true
isPrimaryOf Zeta Persei system NERFINISHED
luminosity_solarLuminosity about 47,000
mass_solarMass about 13
memberOf OB association NERFINISHED
Perseus OB2 association NERFINISHED
metallicity_FeH near solar
parallax_mas about 4.3
radialVelocity_kmPerSec about +22
radius_solarRadius about 26
rightAscension 03h 54m 07.9s
spectralType B1 Ib
U_BColorIndex -0.93
variableStarType suspected slowly pulsating B-type star
willEndAs core-collapse supernova candidate

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