Astronomy:AE Pictoris

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Short description: Star in the constellation Pictor
AE Pictoris
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A light curve for AE Pictoris, adapted from Pedersen et al. (2019)[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Pictor
Right ascension  06h 31m 10.63900s[2]
Declination −61° 52′ 46.3515″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.14[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B3V[4]
B−V color index −0.147±0.006[5]
Variable type Eclipsing binary[6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)34.0±7.4[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −9.142[2] mas/yr
Dec.: +12.087[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.2770 ± 0.0678[2] mas
Distance1,430 ± 40 ly
(440 ± 10 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.73[5]
Orbit[7]
Period (P)2.9723 d
Eccentricity (e)0.10
Periastron epoch (T)2,431,998.871 JD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
39.0°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
119.0 km/s
Details
AE Pic A
Mass7.1±0.1[8] M
Luminosity (bolometric)2,569[9] L
Temperature17,873[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]3.93[10] dex
Rotation1.490911 d[11]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)70[10] km/s
Age27.7±1.4[8] Myr
AE Pic B
Temperature11,699[10] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)42[10] km/s
Other designations
AE Pic, CD−61°1394, HD 46792, HIP 31068, HR 2410, SAO 249572[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

AE Pictoris is an eclipsing binary[6] star system in the southern constellation of Pictor. This dim, blue-white hued point of light is just barely visible to the naked eye; it has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.09, which drops to magnitude 6.14 during an eclipse.[13] The system is located around 1,430 light years away from the Sun based on parallax,[2] and it is receding with a radial velocity of 34 km/s.[14]

This is a spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 2.97 days and an eccentricity of 0.10. The minimum value of the semimajor axis for the pair is 4.8 Gm (6.9 R).[7] The secondary star was only recently (in 2023) detected, making it a double-lined spectroscopic binary.[10] It is classed as a probable eclipsing binary variable (EB:), but with some uncertainty regarding the specific type.[6] This is a candidate runaway star system, having a peculiar velocity of 24.9+4.9
−5.1
 km/s
relative to its neighbors.[8] The visible component is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B3V.[4] it is 28 million years old with seven[8] times the mass of the Sun. The star is radiating 2,569 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 18,700 K.[9]

References

  1. Pedersen, May G.; Chowdhury, Sowgata; Johnston, Cole; Bowman, Dominic M.; Aerts, Conny; Handler, Gerald; De Cat, Peter; Neiner, Coralie et al. (February 2019). "Diverse Variability of O and B Stars Revealed from 2-minute Cadence Light Curves in Sectors 1 and 2 of the TESS Mission: Selection of an Asteroseismic Sample". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 872 (1): L9. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab01e1. Bibcode2019ApJ...872L...9P. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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.
  3. Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P. et al. (2000), "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27, Bibcode2000A&A...355L..27H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hiltner, W. A. et al. (July 1969), "MK Spectral Types for Bright Southern OB Stars", Astrophysical Journal 157: 313–326, doi:10.1086/150069, Bibcode1969ApJ...157..313H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Samus, N. N. et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1 61 (1): 80–88, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, Bibcode2017ARep...61...80S. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Sahade, J.; Landi Dessy, J. (January 1950), "The Spectroscopic Binary CPD -61°669", Astrophysical Journal 111: 191, doi:10.1086/145251, Bibcode1950ApJ...111..191S. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Tetzlaff, N. et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1): 190–200, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, Bibcode2011MNRAS.410..190T. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Hohle, M. M. et al. (2010), "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants", Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349, doi:10.1002/asna.200911355, Bibcode2010AN....331..349H. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Kovalev, Mikhail; Straumit, Ilya (2023). "Application of the binary spectral model to high-resolution spectra. First estimation of the fundamental parameters for HD 20784". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 523 (3): 3741–3748. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1667. Bibcode2023MNRAS.523.3741K. 
  11. Barraza, L. F.; Gomes, R. L.; Messias, Y. S.; Leão, I. C.; Almeida, L. A.; Janot-Pacheco, E.; Brito, A. C.; Brito, F. A. C. et al. (2022). "Rotation Signature of TESS B-type Stars. A Comprehensive Analysis". The Astrophysical Journal 924 (2): 117. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac3335. Bibcode2022ApJ...924..117B. 
  12. "AE Pic". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=AE+Pic. 
  13. Avvakumova, E. A. et al. (October 2013), "Eclipsing variables: Catalogue and classification", Astronomische Nachrichten 334 (8): 860, doi:10.1002/asna.201311942, Bibcode2013AN....334..860A. 
  14. Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication, Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W.