Astronomy:16 Persei

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Short description: Star in the constellation Perseus
16 Persei
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Location of 16 Persei (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension  02h 50m 35.05979s[1]
Declination 38° 19′ 07.1080″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.22[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2III[3]
U−B color index +0.08[4]
B−V color index +0.34[4]
Variable type δ Sct(?)[5][6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+14.00[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +195.77[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −109.98[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)27.01 ± 0.19[1] mas
Distance120.8 ± 0.8 ly
(37.0 ± 0.3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.38[2]
Details
Mass1.80[8] M
Radius3.2[9] R
Luminosity23.36[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.72[10] cgs
Temperature7,004[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.04[2] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)149[3] km/s
Age1.44[8] Gyr
Other designations
16 Per, NSV 956, BD+37°646, FK5 2194, GC 3401, HD 17584, HIP 13254, HR 840, SAO 55928, CCDM J02506+3818A, LTT 10924[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

16 Persei is a single,[12] suspected variable star[6] in the northern constellation of Perseus, located approximately 121 light years away based on parallax.[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a yellow-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.22.[2] This object is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +14 km/s.[7] It displays a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.224 per year.[13]

Based upon a stellar classification of F2 III,[3] this matches an aging giant star that has exhausted the hydrogen at its core and is evolving away from the main sequence. It is a possible pulsating Delta Scuti variable, although there is some uncertainty about this classification.[6] However, Kunzli and North (1998) found no variation.[14] The star is 1.44[8] billion years old with 1.8[8] times the mass of the Sun and 3.2[9] times the Sun's radius. It shows a high rotation rate with a projected rotational velocity of 149 km/s,[3] which is causing an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 24% larger than the polar radius.[15] 16 Persei is radiating 23[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,004 K.[10]

It has two reported visual companions: B, with magnitude 12.8 and separation 76.7", and C, with magnitude 10.43 and separation 234".[16]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V.  Vizier catalog entry
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A.  Vizier catalog entry
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H 5050. Bibcode1995yCat.5050....0H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers 42: 443. Bibcode2014JAVSO..42..443M. Vizier catalog entry
  5. "NSV 956". The International Variable Star Index. AAVSO – American Association of Variable Star Observers. https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=39580. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Samus, N. N. et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars". Astronomy Reports. 5.1 61 (1): 80–88. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. Bibcode2017ARep...61...80S. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Wilson, R. E. (1953). General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities. Carnegie Institution for Science. Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 88, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88, Bibcode2015AJ....150...88L. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (1999). "Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: Masses, radii and effective temperatures". Astronomy and Astrophysics 352: 555–562. Bibcode1999A&A...352..555A.  Vizier catalog entry
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal 804 (2): 146. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. Bibcode2015ApJ...804..146D.  Vizier catalog entry
  11. "16 Per". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=16+Per. 
  12. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869–879. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  13. Lépine, Sébastien; Shara, Michael M. (March 2005), "A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)", The Astronomical Journal 129 (3): 1483–1522, doi:10.1086/427854, Bibcode2005AJ....129.1483L. 
  14. Kunzli, M.; North, P. (January 1998). "Are metallic A-F giants evolved AM stars? Rotation and rate of binaries among giant F stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 127 (2): 277–294. doi:10.1051/aas:1998350. Bibcode1998A&AS..127..277K. 
  15. van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 20 (1): 51, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, Bibcode2012A&ARv..20...51V. 
  16. Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466. doi:10.1086/323920. Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M.  Vizier catalog entry