Astronomy:42 Capricorni

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Short description: Binary star system in the constellation Capricornus
42 Capricorni
BYCapLightCurve.png
A visual band light curve of BY Capricorni, adapted from Henry et al. (1995)[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Capricornus
Right ascension  21h 41m 32.85882s[2]
Declination −14° 02′ 51.3964″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.18[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type G1 IV[4] (G1 IV + G2 V)[5]
U−B color index +0.20[3]
B−V color index +0.65[3]
Variable type RS CVn[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−1.20±0.05[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −123.05[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −308.50[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)30.09 ± 0.32[2] mas
Distance108 ± 1 ly
(33.2 ± 0.4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+2.73[7] (2.79 + 4.73)[5]
Orbit[8]
Period (P)13.174 d
Eccentricity (e)0.1763±0.0025
Periastron epoch (T)2447863.626 ± 0.027 JD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
166.45±0.83°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
25.57±0.06 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
35.16±0.25 km/s
Details
42 Cap A
Mass1.09[9] M
Radius2.6[5] R
Surface gravity (log g)3.76[4] cgs
Temperature5,634[4] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.10[4] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)5.2[5] km/s
Age6.7[9] Gyr
42 Cap B
Rotational velocity (v sin i)4.4[5] km/s
Other designations
BY Cap, 42 Cap, BD−14° 6102, FK5 1150, HD 206301, HIP 107095, HR 8283, SAO 164580[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

42 Capricorni is a binary star[11] system in the zodiac constellation of Capricornus. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.18,[3] so it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Its annual parallax shift of 30.09 mas yields a distance estimate of about 108 light years; the system is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −1.2 km/s.[6] 42 Capricorni is 0.2 degree south of the ecliptic and so is subject to lunar occultations.[12]

This is a double-lined close spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 13.174 days and an eccentricity of 0.18.[8] The binary nature of this system was discovered in 1918 by the English astronomer Joseph Lunt. It has a combined spectrum that matches a stellar classification of G1 IV,[4] with the individual components having estimated classes of G1 V and G2 V. This is an RS Canum Venaticorum variable, indicating the presence of an active chromosphere with star spots.[5] The system is a source of X-ray emission.[13]

References

  1. Henry, Gregory W.; Fekel, Francis C.; Hall, Douglas S. (December 1995). "An Automated Search for Variability in Chromospherically Active Stars". Astronomical Journal 110: 2926–2967. doi:10.1086/117740. Bibcode1995AJ....110.2926H. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995AJ....110.2926H. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ducati, J. R. (2002), "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system", CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2237, Bibcode2002yCat.2237....0D. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Gray, R. O. et al. (2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 pc--The Southern Sample", The Astronomical Journal 132 (1): 161–170, doi:10.1086/504637, Bibcode2006AJ....132..161G. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Fekel, Francis C. (December 1997), "Chromospherically active stars. XVI. The double-lined binary 42 Capricorni", Astronomical Journal 114: 2747, doi:10.1086/118683, Bibcode1997AJ....114.2747F 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Karataș, Yüksel; Bilir, Selçuk; Eker, Zeki; Demircan, Osman; Liebert, James; Hawley, Suzanne L.; Fraser, Oliver J.; Covey, Kevin R. et al. (2004). "Kinematics of chromospherically active binaries and evidence of an orbital period decrease in binary evolution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 349 (3): 1069–1092. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07588.x. Bibcode2004MNRAS.349.1069K. 
  7. Ammler-von Eiff, Matthias; Reiners, Ansgar (June 2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics 542: A116, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, Bibcode2012A&A...542A.116A. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Pourbaix, D. et al. (2004), "SB9: The Ninth Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits", Astronomy & Astrophysics 424: 727–732, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213, Bibcode2004A&A...424..727P. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Chen, Y. Q. et al. (February 2000), "Chemical composition of 90 F and G disk dwarfs", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 141 (3): 491–506, doi:10.1051/aas:2000124, Bibcode2000A&AS..141..491C. 
  10. "42 Cap". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=42+Cap. 
  11. 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, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  12. Herr, Richard B. (April 1969), "Identification List of Spectroscopic and Eclipsing Binaries Subject to Occultations by the Moon", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 81 (479): 105, doi:10.1086/128748, Bibcode1969PASP...81..105H. 
  13. Haakonsen, Christian Bernt; Rutledge, Robert E. (September 2009), "XID II: Statistical Cross-Association of ROSAT Bright Source Catalog X-ray Sources with 2MASS Point Source Catalog Near-Infrared Sources", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 184 (1): 138–151, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/184/1/138, Bibcode2009ApJS..184..138H.