Astronomy:89 Virginis

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Short description: Single, evolved giant star in the constellation Virgo
89 Virginis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension  13h 49m 52.28340s[1]
Declination −18° 08′ 03.0103″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.959[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0III[3]
U−B color index +0.86[4]
B−V color index +1.06[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−39.45±0.17[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −101.100[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −38.200[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.9184 ± 0.2053[1] mas
Distance234 ± 3 ly
(72 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.618[5]
Details
Mass1.70[6] M
Radius12[7] R
Luminosity69[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.6[7] cgs
Temperature4,706±13[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.03[7] dex
Age3.40[6] Gyr
Other designations
89 Vir, BD−17° 3937, GJ 9460, HD 120452, HIP 67494, HR 5196, SAO 158186[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

89 Virginis is a single[9] star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo, located 234 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.959.[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −39 km/s.[1]

This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III,[3] having exhausted the hydrogen at its core and expanded away from the main sequence. It is a red clump star, which indicates it is generating energy through helium fusion at its core.[5] This object is 3.4 billion years old with 1.7[6] times the mass of the Sun and 12[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 69 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4706 K.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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 Høg, E. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27–L30. Bibcode2000A&A...355L..27H. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars". Michigan Spectral Survey 5: 0. Bibcode1999MSS...C05....0H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1986EgUBV........0M&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Liu, Y. J. et al. (2007), "The abundances of nearby red clump giants", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 382 (2): 553–66, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11852.x, Bibcode2007MNRAS.382..553L. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Luck, R. Earle (2015). "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants". The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 88. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88. Bibcode2015AJ....150...88L. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Massarotti, Alessandro; Latham, David W.; Stefanik, Robert P.; Fogel, Jeffrey (2008). "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 Hipparcos Giants and the Role of Binarity". The Astronomical Journal 135 (1): 209–231. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209. Bibcode2008AJ....135..209M. 
  8. "89 Vir". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=89+Vir. 
  9. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (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.