Astronomy:51 Andromedae

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Short description: Red giant star in the constellation Andromeda
51 Andromedae
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Location of 51 Andromedae (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension  01h 37m 59.56074s[1]
Declination +48° 37′ 41.5798″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.57[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3- III CN0.5[3]
U−B color index +1.44[2]
B−V color index +1.28[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)18.41[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +61.334[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -113.100[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)19.2489 ± 0.4077[1] mas
Distance169 ± 4 ly
(52 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.04[5]
Details[6]
Mass1.75±0.15 M☉
Radius21.30±0.21 R☉
Luminosity142.1±7.6 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.01 cgs
Temperature4,951±64 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.07 dex
Age1.70±0.40 Gyr
Other designations
υ Per, 51 And, BD+47° 467, HD 9927, HIP 7607, HR 464, SAO 37375, PPM 44238[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

51 Andromedae, abbreviated 51 And and formally named Nembus /ˈnɛmbəs/,[8] is the 5th brightest star in the northern constellation of Andromeda, very slightly dimmer than the Andromeda Galaxy also being of 4th magnitude. It is an orange K-type giant star with an apparent magnitude of +3.57 and is about 169 light-years from the Earth/solar system. It is traditionally depicted as one of the two northern, far upper ends of the mythological, chained-to-the-rocks princess, the other being binary star system Gamma Andromedae.

At an estimated age of 1.7 billion years, this is an evolved red giant star with a stellar classification of K3- III CN0.5.[3] The suffix notation indicates a mild enhancement of cyanogen absorption lines in its spectrum. This star has 1.8 times the mass of the Sun and it has expanded to 21.3 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 142 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,951 K.[6]

Nomenclature

51 Andromedae is the star's Flamsteed designation. Ptolemy included this star in Andromeda in the Almagest. It was for a time moved into the greater form of Perseus envisioned by Johann Bayer as Upsilon Persei. Flamsteed oversaw its constellation reverting and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made his 51 Andromedae its official designation in 1930.[9][10][11]

The star bore the name Nembus, of undetermined origin and meaning,[12] in Bayer's Uranometria (1603)[13] and Bode's star atlas Uranographia (1801).[14] In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[15] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Nembus for this star on 5 September 2017 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[8]

In Chinese, 天大將軍 (Tiān Dà Jiāng Jūn), meaning Heaven's Great General, refers to an asterism consisting of 51 Andromedae, Gamma Andromedae, Phi Persei, 49 Andromedae, Chi Andromedae, Upsilon Andromedae, Tau Andromedae, 56 Andromedae, Beta Trianguli, Gamma Trianguli and Delta Trianguli.[16] Consequently, the Chinese name for 51 Andromedae itself is 天大將軍三 (Tiān Dà Jiāng Jūn sān, English: the Third Star of Heaven's Great General.)[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. Bibcode: 2002yCat.2237....0D. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989). "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 71: 245. doi:10.1086/191373. Bibcode: 1989ApJS...71..245K. 
  4. ↑ Maldonado, J.; Villaver, E.; Eiroa, C. (2013). "The metallicity signature of evolved stars with planets". Astronomy & Astrophysics 554: A84. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321082. Bibcode: 2013A&A...554A..84M. 
  5. ↑ Cardini, D. (January 2005), "Mg II chromospheric radiative loss rates in cool active and quiet stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 430: 303–311, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041440, Bibcode: 2005A&A...430..303C. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Baines, Ellyn K. et al. (2018), "Fundamental Parameters of 87 Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer", The Astronomical Journal 155 (1): 30, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa9d8b, Bibcode: 2018AJ....155...30B. 
  7. ↑ "HD 9927". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+9927. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Naming Stars". IAU.org. https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/. 
  9. ↑ "Ephemerides – Report of Commissions", Transactions of the International Astronomical Union 4: 20, 1932, https://books.google.com/books?id=3G03AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA20 
  10. ↑ Allen, R. H. (1899). Star-names and Their Meanings. New York: G. E. Stechart. , p.34.
  11. ↑ Wagman, Morton (2003) Lost Stars p.240, McDonald and Woodward, Blacksburg, Virginia. ISBN:0-939923-78-5.
  12. ↑ Allen, R. H. (1899). Star-names and Their Meanings. New York: G. E. Stechart.  p.334
  13. ↑ Scans of the plates of Uranometria by J. Bayer, 1603 @Linda Hall Library
  14. ↑ Scan of the plates of Uranographia by J.E. Bode, 1801 @Ian Ridpath's Star Tales
  15. ↑ "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/280/. 
  16. ↑ (in Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN:978-986-7332-25-7.

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