Astronomy:36 Serpentis
36 Serpentis is a binary star[14] system in the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It has the Bayer designation b Serpentis, while 36 Serpentis is the Flamsteed designation.[13] The system is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.09.[2] It is located 162 light years away from the Sun based on parallax,[1] and is moving closer with a radial velocity of −8 km/s.[8]
This is a spectroscopic binary star system with a long orbital period of 52.8 years and a high eccentricity of 0.83. The combined mass of the pair is 3.09±0.28 M☉.[6] Gray et al. (2017) found a merged stellar classification of A2IV-Vn for this system,[5] while Cowley et al. matched it with a class of A3Vn,[4] where the 'n' indicates "nebulous" lines caused by rapid rotation.
The primary component is a Lambda Boötis star, meaning that it has solar-like amounts of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, while containing very low amounts of iron peak elements.[15] It is an A7[6] class main sequence star of visual magnitude 5.2[3] that is spinning rapidly, showing a projected rotational velocity of 229.[12] The star is 723[9] million years old with around double the mass of the Sun. It is radiating 19[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,246 K.[11]
The cooler secondary component, a G0 star,[6] is the source for the X-ray emission that has been detected coming from this system.[6] It has a visual magnitude of 7.8.[3]
References
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Docobo, José A. et al. (2010). "EMCCD Speckle Interferometry with the 6 m Telescope: Astrometric Measurements, Differential Photometry, and Orbits". The Astronomical Journal 140 (4): 1078–1083. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/4/1078. Bibcode: 2010AJ....140.1078D.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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, Bibcode: 1969AJ.....74..375C.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gray, R. O. et al. (July 2017). "The Discovery of λ Bootis Stars: The Southern Survey I". The Astronomical Journal 154 (1): 11. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa6d5e. 31. Bibcode: 2017AJ....154...31G.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Mason, Brian D. et al. (September 2010). "Binary Star Orbits. IV. Orbits of 18 Southern Interferometric Pairs". The Astronomical Journal 140 (3): 735–743. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/3/735. Bibcode: 2010AJ....140..735M.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Johnson, H. L. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4: 99. Bibcode: 1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication. Bibcode: 1953GCRV..C......0W.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 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.
- ↑ Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (2001). "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)". Astronomy & Astrophysics 367: 521–24. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451. Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Prugniel, Ph. et al. (1986). "The atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 531: A165. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116769. Bibcode: 2011A&A...531A.165P.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Royer, F. et al. (2007). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions". Astronomy & Astrophysics 463 (2): 671–682. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224. Bibcode: 2007A&A...463..671R.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "36 Ser". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=36+Ser.
- ↑ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 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.
- ↑ Nikolov, G. et al. (April 2008). "Spectroscopic orbit determination of two metal-weak dwarf stars: HD64491 and HD141851". Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso 38 (2): 433–434. Bibcode: 2008CoSka..38..433N.
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