Astronomy:16 Librae

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Short description: Star in the constellation Libra
16 Librae
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Libra
Right ascension  14h 57m 11.00009s[1]
Declination −04° 20′ 47.2547″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.49[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2 V[3]
U−B color index +0.05[2]
B−V color index +0.32[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+26.3±0.6[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −96.98[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −153.40[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)37.17 ± 0.32[1] mas
Distance87.7 ± 0.8 ly
(26.9 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.32[5]
Details
16 Lib A
Mass1.47[6] M
Luminosity9.77[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.99[6] cgs
Temperature7,187±244[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.13[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)113.3[8] km/s
Age660[6] Myr
Other designations
16 Lib, BD−03° 3696, FK5 3177, GJ 9503, HD 132052, HIP 73165, HR 5570, SAO 140240, WDS J14572-0421A[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

16 Librae is a star in the constellation Libra. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.49.[2] An annual parallax shift of 37.17[1] mas yields a distance estimate of 87.7 light years. It is moving further from the Sun with a radial velocity of +26 km/s.[4]

This is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F2 V.[3] It is an estimated 660[6] million years old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 113 km/s.[8] The star has 1.47[6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating nearly 10[5] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 7,187 K.[6]

16 Librae has a common proper motion companion located at an angular separation of 22.8 arc seconds along a position angle of 297°, as of 1999. Designated component B, this is a red dwarf star with a class of about M6 and an infrared J-band magnitude of 12.19.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ducati, J. R. (2002), "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system", CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2237, Bibcode2002yCat.2237....0D. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey 5, Bibcode1999MSS...C05....0H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 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. 
  7. Casagrande, L. et al. (June 2011), "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey", Astronomy and Astrophysics 530: A138, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276, Bibcode2011A&A...530A.138C. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Schröder, C.; Reiners, Ansgar; Schmitt, Jürgen H. M. M. (January 2009), "Ca II HK emission in rapidly rotating stars. Evidence for an onset of the solar-type dynamo", Astronomy and Astrophysics 493 (3): 1099–1107, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810377, Bibcode2009A&A...493.1099S, http://goedoc.uni-goettingen.de/goescholar/bitstream/handle/1/9690/aa10377-08.pdf?sequence=2 [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  9. "16 Lib". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=16+Lib. 
  10. Scholz, R. -D. (March 2016), "Overlooked wide companions of nearby F stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics 587: 8, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527965, A51, Bibcode2016A&A...587A..51S