Astronomy:17 Cygni
17 Cygni is the Flamsteed designation for a multiple star system[5] in the northern constellation of Cygnus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.00,[2] so, according to the Bortle scale, it is visible from suburban skies at night. Measurements of the annual parallax find a shift of 0.0477″,[1] which is equivalent to a distance of around 68.5 ly (21.0 pc) from the Sun. It has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.451″/year.[14]
This system consists of two visual binary systems that were discovered by John Herschel in the 1820s. Components A and B form a bright, wide pair with an angular separation of 26.0 arcsecond and an estimated orbital period of ~6,200 years. The faint, close system consists of components F and G with a separation of 2.6 arcsecond and a period of 238 years. The two binaries form a hierarchical system with a separation of about 800 arcseconds and orbital period of 3.7 million years or more.[5] Although the CCDM lists four other companions, these are not associated with the system.[15]
The stellar classification of the primary star, component A, is F7 V,[2] which means it is a main sequence star like the Sun. The star has 1.24[8] times the mass of the Sun and 1.54[9] times the Sun's radius. It is some 2.8[7] billion years old and shines with 3.66[10] times the Sun's luminosity. The effective temperature of the stellar atmosphere is 6,455[10] K, giving it the yellow-white hued glow of an F-type star.[16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Takeda, Yoichi et al. (February 2005), "High-Dispersion Spectra Collection of Nearby F--K Stars at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory: A Basis for Spectroscopic Abundance Standards", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 57 (1): 13–25, doi:10.1093/pasj/57.1.13, Bibcode: 2005PASJ...57...13T.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ Lasker, Barry M.; Lattanzi, Mario G.; McLean, Brian J.; Bucciarelli, Beatrice; Drimmel, Ronald; Garcia, Jorge; Greene, Gretchen; Guglielmetti, Fabrizia et al. (2008). "The Second-Generation Guide Star Catalog: Description and Properties". The Astronomical Journal 136 (2): 735. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/2/735. Bibcode: 2008AJ....136..735L.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Romanenko, L. G. (March 2017), "A dynamical study of the multiple system 17 Cygni ABFG", Astronomy Reports 61 (3): 206–220, doi:10.1134/S1063772917020056, Bibcode: 2017ARep...61..206R.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nordström, B. et al. (May 2004), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ˜14,000 F and G dwarfs", Astronomy and Astrophysics 418 (3): 989–1019, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035959, Bibcode: 2004A&A...418..989N.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Holmberg, J. et al. (July 2009), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics", Astronomy and Astrophysics 501 (3): 941–947, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191, Bibcode: 2009A&A...501..941H.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Halbwachs, J. -L et al. (2018), "Multiplicity among solar-type stars. IV. The CORAVEL radial velocities and the spectroscopic orbits of nearby K dwarfs", Astronomy and Astrophysics 619: A81, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833377, Bibcode: 2018A&A...619A..81H.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Schofield, Mathew et al. (2019), "The Asteroseismic Target List for Solar-like Oscillators Observed in 2 minute Cadence with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 241 (1): 12, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab04f5, Bibcode: 2019ApJS..241...12S.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Takeda, Yoichi (April 2007), "Fundamental Parameters and Elemental Abundances of 160 F-G-K Stars Based on OAO Spectrum Database", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 59 (2): 335–356, doi:10.1093/pasj/59.2.335, Bibcode: 2007PASJ...59..335T.
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 Stassun, Keivan G. et al. (2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. Bibcode: 2019AJ....158..138S.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sissa, E.; Gratton, R.; Desidera, S.; Martinez Fiorenzano, A. F.; Bonfanti, A.; Carolo, E.; Vassallo, D.; Claudi, R. U. et al. (2016). "Hα-activity and ages for stars in the SARG survey". Astronomy and Astrophysics 596. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628531. Bibcode: 2016A&A...596A..76S.
- ↑ "* 17 Cyg". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+17+Cyg.
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2005AJ....129.1483L.
- ↑ Phillips, N. M. et al. (April 2010), "Target selection for the SUNS and DEBRIS surveys for debris discs in the solar neighbourhood", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 403 (3): 1089–1101, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15641.x, Bibcode: 2010MNRAS.403.1089P. See the note for F094.
- ↑ "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), December 21, 2004, http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/senior/astrophysics/photometry_colour.html, retrieved 2012-01-16.
Coordinates:
19h 46m 25.60s, +33° 43′ 39.35″
