Astronomy:7 Boötis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Boötes
7 Boötis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Boötes
Right ascension  13h 53m 12.93033s[1]
Declination +17° 55′ 58.3282″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.71[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Hertzsprung gap[2]
Spectral type G5 III[2]
B−V color index 0.845[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−11.00±0.18[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −34.842[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +5.092[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.5236 ± 0.0776[1] mas
Distance590 ± 8 ly
(181 ± 3 pc)
Details[2]
Mass4.0±0.7 M
Radius19.0 R
Luminosity229 L
Temperature4,600 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.08 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)14.5 km/s
Other designations
7 Boo, BD+18°2795, HD 121107, HIP 67787, HR 5225, SAO 100751[4]
Database references
SIMBADdata

7 Boötis is a single[5] star in the northern constellation of Boötes,[4] located 590 light-years away from the Sun.[1] It is barely visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.71.[2] 7 Boötis is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −11 km/s.[1]

This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of G5 III, currently at the end of the Hertzsprung gap. It has a weak level of magnetic activity but a fairly strong X-ray luminosity of 3.72×1020 erg s−1. The rotation rate is moderate, with a projected rotational velocity of 14.5 km/s. It has four times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 19 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 229 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,600 K.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Aurière, M. et al. (February 2015), "The magnetic fields at the surface of active single G-K giants", Astronomy & Astrophysics 574: 30, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424579, A90, Bibcode2015A&A...574A..90A. 
  3. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "7 Boo". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=7+Boo. 
  5. 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.