Astronomy:56 Cygni

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Short description: Star in the constellation Cygnus
56 Cygni
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension  20h 50m 04.93129s[1]
Declination +44° 03′ 33.4862″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.06[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A6 V[3]
B−V color index 0.198±0.002[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−21.5±3.5[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +123.450[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +132.420[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)24.1034 ± 0.1344[1] mas
Distance135.3 ± 0.8 ly
(41.5 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.00[4]
Details[5]
Mass1.72 M
Luminosity13.19[4] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.28±0.14 cgs
Temperature8,124±276 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)73[6] km/s
Age394 Myr
Other designations
56 Cyg, BD+43°3739, FK5 3666, HD 198639, HIP 102843, HR 7984, SAO 50121, WDS J20501+4404[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

56 Cygni is a single[8] star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, located 135[1] light years from Earth. It is visible to the naked eye as a white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.06.[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −21.5.[2] It has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at an angular rate of 0.181/yr.[9] According to Eggen (1998), this is a member of the Hyades Supercluster.[10]

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A6 V.[3] Cowley et al. (1969) classified it as a Delta Delphini star,[11] which is a type of suspected Am star. The star is around 394[5] million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 73 km/s.[6] It has 1.72[5] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 13[4] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,124 K.[5]

56 Cygni has a visual companion: a magnitude 11.9 star at an angular separation of 55.4″ along a position angle of 48°, as of 2015.[12]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gontcharov, G. A. (2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Abt, Helmut A.; Morrell, Nidia I. (July 1995), "The Relation between Rotational Velocities and Spectral Peculiarities among A-Type Stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement 99: 135, doi:10.1086/192182, Bibcode1995ApJS...99..135A 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 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, Bibcode2015ApJ...804..146D. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Royer, F. et al. (October 2002), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i", Astronomy and Astrophysics 393: 897–911, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020943, Bibcode2002A&A...393..897R. 
  7. "56 Cyg". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=56+Cyg. 
  8. 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. 
  9. Lépine, Sébastien; Shara, Michael M. (March 2005), "A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)", The Astronomical Journal 129 (3): 1483–1522, doi:10.1086/427854, Bibcode2005AJ....129.1483L. 
  10. Eggen, Olin J. (July 1998), "The Age Range of Hyades Stars", The Astronomical Journal 116 (1): 284–292, doi:10.1086/300413, Bibcode1998AJ....116..284E. 
  11. 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. 
  12. Mason, Brian D. et al. (December 2001), "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466–3471, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M.