Astronomy:2 Equulei

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Short description: Double star system in the constellation Equuleus
2 Equulei
Observation data
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Constellation Equuleus
A
Right ascension  21h 02m 12.50262s[1]
Declination +07° 10′ 47.1545″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.41[2]
B
Right ascension  21h 02m 12.39375s[3]
Declination +07° 10′ 44.7957″[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.64[2]
Characteristics
A
Evolutionary stage subgiant[1]
Spectral type F6V[4]
B
Evolutionary stage subgiant[3]
Spectral type F3V[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−4.8±1.6[6] km/s
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.16±0.18[7]
A
Proper motion (μ) RA: −9.184[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −12.915[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.8125 ± 0.2481[1] mas
Distance370 ± 10 ly
(113 ± 3 pc)
B
Proper motion (μ) RA: −4.238[3] mas/yr
Dec.: −17.934[3] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.5577 ± 0.0298[3] mas
Distance381 ± 1 ly
(116.9 ± 0.4 pc)
Details
2 Equ A
Mass1.73[6] M
Radius2.6[1] R
Luminosity12.9[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.84[1] cgs
Temperature6,127[1] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.17[6] dex
Age1.9[1] Gyr
2 Equ B
Mass1.61[3] M
Radius2.8[3] R
Luminosity10.9[3] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.72[3] cgs
Temperature6,420[3] K
Age2.2[3] Gyr
Other designations
λ Equ, 2 Equulei, BD+06°4731, HD 200256, HIP 103813, LTT 16227, SAO 126482[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

2 Equulei is a double star system in the constellation of Equuleus.

The primary component of the 2 Equulei pair is an F-type star. As of 2015, the secondary had an angular separation of 2.90 arc seconds along a position angle of 213° from the primary.[2] They form a common proper motion pair, two stars at approximately the same distance and moving in the same direction.[4] Gaia DR3 gives them parallaxes of 8.8125±0.2471 mas and 8.5577±0.0298 mas respectively, although they are flagged as potentially unreliable.[1][3] These parallaxes correspond to a distance of around 380 ly, in contrast to the Hipparcos distance of 260±20 ly for the two stars as a pair.[9]

2 Equulei has been referred to in some sources as λ (Lambda) Equulei, although it was not given that designation by Bayer.[10]

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 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 2.2 Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M, http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=B/wds, retrieved 2015-07-22 
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 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.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Abt, Helmut A. (2008). "Visual Multiples. IX. MK Spectral Types". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 176 (1): 216–217. doi:10.1086/525529. Bibcode2008ApJS..176..216A. 
  5. Adams, Walter S.; Joy, Alfred H.; Humason, Milton L.; Brayton, Ada Margaret (1935). "The Spectroscopic Absolute Magnitudes and Parallaxes of 4179 Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 81: 187. doi:10.1086/143628. Bibcode1935ApJ....81..187A. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Casagrande, L. et al. (2011), "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey", Astronomy & Astrophysics 530 (A138): 21, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276, Bibcode2011A&A...530A.138C. 
  7. 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, Bibcode2009A&A...501..941H. 
  8. "2 Equ -- Double or multiple star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=2+Equ, retrieved 2017-02-17. 
  9. 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. 
  10. Wagman, M. (August 1987). "Flamsteed's Missing Stars". Journal for the History of Astronomy 18 (3): 215. doi:10.1177/002182868701800305. Bibcode1987JHA....18..209W.