Astronomy:26 Ursae Majoris

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Short description: Star in the constellation Ursa Major
26 Ursae Majoris
Location of 26 Ursae Majoris (circled in red)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Ursa Major[1]
Right ascension  09h 34m 49.43259s[2]
Declination +52° 03′ 05.3165″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.47[1]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[3]
Spectral type A0 Vn[4]
U−B color index +0.00[5]
B−V color index +0.027±0.013[1]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+22.2±1.1[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −65.74[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −37.32[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.44 ± 0.19[2] mas
Distance262 ± 4 ly
(80 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.06[1]
Details
Mass2.16[7] M☉
Radius2.2[8] R☉
Luminosity99.2[1] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.94[7] cgs
Temperature9,757±332[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)165[4] km/s
Age147[7] Myr
Other designations
26 UMa, BD+52°1402, HD 82621, HIP 47006, HR 3799, SAO 27298[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

26 Ursae Majoris is a single[10] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major, located 262 light years away from the Sun.[2] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.47.[1] The object is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +22 km/s.[6]

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 Vn,[4] where the 'n' indicates "nebulous" lines in the spectrum due to rapid rotation. It has a high rate of spin with a projected rotational velocity of 165 km/s,[4] which is giving it an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 8% larger than the polar radius.[11] The star is 147[7] million years old with just over double[7] the mass of the Sun and twice[8] the Sun's radius. It is radiating 99[1] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,757 K.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A  XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V. 
  3. ↑ Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities". Astronomy and Astrophysics 537: A120. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A.120Z. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Abt, Helmut A.; Morrell, Nidia I. (1995). "The Relation between Rotational Velocities and Spectral Peculiarities among A-Type Stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement 99: 135. doi:10.1086/192182. Bibcode: 1995ApJS...99..135A. 
  5. ↑ Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode: 1986EgUBV........0M. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. Bibcode: 2006AstL...32..759G. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 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. Bibcode: 2015ApJ...804..146D. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics 367: 521–524, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P. 
  9. ↑ "26 UMa". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=26+UMa. 
  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): 869–879. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  11. ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2012A&ARv..20...51V