Astronomy:1 Serpentis

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Short description: Red giant star in the constellation Virgo
1 Serpentis
Serpens Caput IAU.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of 1 Serpentis (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension  14h 57m 33.251s [1]
Declination −00° 10′ 03.40″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.5[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Red clump[3]
Spectral type K1III[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)20.12[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +59.929[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −26.500[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.1280 ± 0.1010[1] mas
Distance322 ± 3 ly
(98.7 ± 1.0 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.76[6]
Details
Mass1.37[2] M
Radius13.6[1] R
Luminosity75[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.5[5] cgs
Temperature4,581[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.07[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.4[5] km/s
Age4.58[3] Gyr
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata

1 Serpentis (1 Ser) is a red giant in the constellation Virgo with an apparent magnitude of 5.5. It is a red clump giant, a cool horizontal branch star that is fusing helium in its core.[3] It has expanded to over 13 times the radius of the Sun and although it is cooler at 4,581 K it is 77 times more luminous. It is 322 light years away.

The Flamsteed designation 1 Serpentis was given to the star when the constellation Serpens was combined with the constellation Ophiuchus.[7] It was also given the Bayer designation M Serpentis. When Ophiuchus and Serpens were separated into distinct constellations, 1 Serpentis was left over the border in Libra. Since then it has moved slightly and is now in Virgo.[8]

A 10th-magnitude companion star discovered by William Herschel is 86 away.[9] It is at the same distance as 1 Ser and shares a common proper motion,[10] It is considered likely to be a physical companion,[11] with the two stars separated by 8,600 au.[12] It has a spectral type of G5 IV,[12] and it is slightly smaller and less luminous than the sun.[10]

A much more widely-separated 10th-magnitude star is also listed in multiple star catalogues,[9] but it is an unrelated background object.[13]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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. 2.0 2.1 Luck, R. Earle; Heiter, Ulrike (2007). "Giants in the Local Region". The Astronomical Journal 133 (6): 2464. doi:10.1086/513194. Bibcode2007AJ....133.2464L. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Soubiran, C.; Bienaymé, O.; Mishenina, T. V.; Kovtyukh, V. V. (2008). "Vertical distribution of Galactic disk stars. IV. AMR and AVR from clump giants". Astronomy and Astrophysics 480 (1): 91. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078788. Bibcode2008A&A...480...91S. 
  4. Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars, Vol. 5". Michigan Spectral Survey 5. Bibcode1999MSS...C05....0H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Massarotti, Alessandro; Latham, David W.; Stefanik, Robert P.; Fogel, Jeffrey (2008). "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity". The Astronomical Journal 135 (1): 209. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209. Bibcode2008AJ....135..209M. 
  6. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  7. Ian Rdipath. "Serpens, the serpent". http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/serpens.htm. 
  8. Hoffleit, Dorrit; Jaschek, Carlos (1991). The Bright star catalogue. Bibcode1991bsc..book.....H. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 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. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  11. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 Stephenson, C. B. (1960). "A study of visual binaries having primaries above the main sequence". The Astronomical Journal 65: 60. doi:10.1086/108191. Bibcode1960AJ.....65...60S. 
  13. Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.