Astronomy:2 Persei

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Short description: Star in the constellation Perseus
2 Persei
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension  01h 52m 09.3723s[1]
Declination +50° 47′ 34.054″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.70[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B9pHgMn[3]
B−V color index −0.067±0.004[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)11.4±0.2[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +17.532[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −29.090[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.8219 ± 0.1092[1] mas
Distance478 ± 8 ly
(147 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.14[2]
Orbit[4]
Primary2 Persei A
Companion2 Persei B
Period (P)5.62698±0.00002 d
Eccentricity (e)0.024±0.011
Periastron epoch (T)2440281.3±0.4 JD
Argument of periapsis (ω)
(primary)
208±24°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
26.5±0.3 km/s
Details
Mass3.2[1] M
Radius3.7[1] R
Luminosity156[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.74[1] cgs
Temperature11,218[1] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.74[1] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)25[5] km/s
Age233[1] Myr
Other designations
BD+50°379, FK5 1052, HD 11291, HIP 8714, HR 536, SAO 22696[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

2 Persei is a binary star system in the northern constellation Perseus, located around 500 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude is 5.70.[2] The system is moving further away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 11 km/s.[4]

In 1970 radial velocity measurements from spectrograms taken at David Dunlap Observatory indicated it was a single-lined spectroscopic binary.[7][5] Follow up observations led to the determination that it had a nearly circular orbit with a period of 5.6 days.[4] The visible component is a chemically peculiar mercury-manganese star with a stellar classification of B9pHgMn.[3] Other analyses of its spectrum have assigned it the giant star spectral type of B9III.[8]

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 2.3 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 Cowley, A. et al. (April 1969). "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications". Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406. doi:10.1086/110819. Bibcode1969AJ.....74..375C. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Heard, J. F.; Krautter, A. (1975). "The orbit of the spectroscopic binary HD 11291". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 69: 22–24. Bibcode1975JRASC..69...22H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Abt, Helmut A. et al. (July 2002). "Rotational Velocities of B Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 573 (1): 359–365. doi:10.1086/340590. Bibcode2002ApJ...573..359A. 
  6. "2 Per". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=2+Per. 
  7. Hube, Douglas P. (1970). "The radial velocities of 335 late B-type stars". Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 72: 233–280. Bibcode1970MmRAS..72..233H. 
  8. Sato, K.; Kuji, S. (November 1990). "MK classification and photometry of stars used for time and latitude observations at Mizusawa and Washington". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 85 (3): 1069–1087. Bibcode1990A&AS...85.1069S.