Astronomy:25 Canum Venaticorum

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Short description: Star in the constellation Canes Venatici
25 Canum Venaticorum
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Canes Venatici
Right ascension  13h 37m 27.62782s[1]
Declination +36° 17′ 41.6337″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.82[2] (4.98 + 6.95)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A7 III + A8 V:[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−10.4±2.1[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −95.54[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +23.75[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)16.42 ± 0.53[1] mas
Distance199 ± 6 ly
(61 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.90[2]
Orbit[5]
Period (P)228 yr
Semi-major axis (a)1.02″
Eccentricity (e)0.80
Inclination (i)147°
Longitude of the node (Ω)87°
Periastron epoch (T)1864.0
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
159°
Details
25 CVn A
Mass2.23[6] M
Surface gravity (log g)3.85[7] cgs
Temperature7,609±259[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)235[8] km/s
Age659[7] Myr
25 CVn B
Mass1.58[6] M
Other designations
25 CVn, BD+37° 2433, FK5 3083, GC 18421, HD 118623, HIP 66458, HR 5127, SAO 63648, ADS 8974, CCDM 13375+3617, WDS J13375+3618[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

25 Canum Venaticorum is a binary star[10] system in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici, approximately 199[1] light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.82[2] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of roughly −10 km/s.[2]

This is a wide binary system with an orbital period of 228 years and an eccentricity of 0.80.[5] As of 2001, they had a projected separation of 107.0 astronomical unit|AU.[6] The magnitude 4.98[3] primary, component A, has a stellar classification of A7 III,[4] which matches an A-type giant star. It is 659[7] million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 235 km/s. This rate of spin is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 27% larger than the polar radius.[8] The companion, component B, is a magnitude 6.95[3] A-type main-sequence star with a class of A8 V:.[4] The ':' suffix indicates some uncertainty in the classification of this star.

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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mason, B. D. et al. (December 2001), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog (WDS), Version 2019-01-21", The Astronomical Journal (U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington D.C.) 122 (6): 3466–3471, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Stephenson, C. B.; Sanwal, N. B. (June 1969), "The masses of stars above the main sequence", Astronomical Journal 74: 689–704, doi:10.1086/110845, Bibcode1969AJ.....74..689S. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Söderhjelm, Staffan (1999), "Visual binary orbits and masses POST HIPPARCOS", Astronomy and Astrophysics 341: 121–140, Bibcode1999A&A...341..121S. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 De Rosa, R. J.; Patience, J.; Wilson, P. A.; Schneider, A.; Wiktorowicz, S. J.; Vigan, A.; Marois, C.; Song, I. et al. (2014), "The VAST Survey - III. The multiplicity of A-type stars within 75 pc", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437 (2): 1216–1240, doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1932, Bibcode2014MNRAS.437.1216D. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 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. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 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. 
  9. "25 CVn". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=25+CVn. 
  10. 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.