Astronomy:16 Persei

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Short description: Star in the constellation Perseus
16 Persei
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]

A light curve for 16 Persei, plotted from TESS data[14]

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.[15] 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.[16] 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 a magnitude of 12.8 and separation of 76.7", and C, with magnitude 10.43 and separation 234".[17]

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 (2): 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 Institute Washington D.C. Publication (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. "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html. 
  15. 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. 
  16. 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. 
  17. 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