Astronomy:BF Orionis

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Short description: Young protostar system

Coordinates: Sky map 05h 37m 13.2624s, −06° 35′ 00.5654″

BF Orionis
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A visual band light curve For BF Orionis, adapted from Grinin et al. (2010)[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Orion
Right ascension  05h 37m 13.2624s[2]
Declination −06° 35′ 00.5654″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.69
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Herbig Ae/Be star
Spectral type A5II-III[3]
Apparent magnitude (g) 10.38
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 0.873±0.025[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 0.654±0.023[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.6173 ± 0.0279[2] mas
Distance1,250 ± 10 ly
(382 ± 4 pc)
Details
Mass1.85+0.15−0.00[4] M
Radius1.59±0.20[4] R
Luminosity39[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.5[6] cgs
Temperature8750[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)37±2[3] km/s
Age17.14+2.80−0.00[4] Myr
Other designations
BD-06 1259, GSC 04778-01087, HIP 26403, 2MASS J05371326-0635005, Gaia DR2 3016930993175537536, Gaia EDR3 3016930993175889792, TYC 4778-1087-1
Database references
SIMBADdata

BF Orionis is a young Herbig Ae/Be star in the constellation of Orion about 1250 light years away, within the Orion Nebula. It is the most massive star of the small birth cluster of four stars.[7]

Properties

BF Orionis is a Herbig Ae/Be star variable similar to UX Orionis. It is still accreting mass, producing about 2L through the release of gravitational energy, and is surrounded by a massive, optically thick protoplanetary disk of 0.005±0.002M[4] visible nearly edge-on. The brightness of the star is strongly variable, with irregular deep minima down to 13th magnitude. The variations are suspected to be partly caused by a brown dwarf or massive planet embedded in the protoplanetary disk,[1] together with very large comets.[8]

Unlike typical Herbig Ae/Be stars, 90-95% of which do not have detectable magnetic fields, BF Orionis has a fairly strong longitudinal magnetic field of −144±21 gauss.[3] It also has small (0.11 magnitude) short-period, single-mode pulsations of the Delta Scuti type.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Grinin, V. P.; Rostopchina, A. N.; Barsunova, O. Yu.; Demidova, T. V. (2010). "Mechanism for cyclical activity of the Herbig Ae star BF Ori". Astrophysics 53 (3): 367–372. doi:10.1007/s10511-010-9128-7. Bibcode2010Ap.....53..367G. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Brown, A. G. A. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. Bibcode2021A&A...649A...1G.  Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wade, G. A.; Bagnulo, S.; Drouin, D.; Landstreet, J. D.; Monin, D. (2007). "A search for strong, ordered magnetic fields in Herbig Ae/Be stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 376 (3): 1145–1161. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11495.x. Bibcode2007MNRAS.376.1145W. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Guzmán-Díaz, J.; Mendigutía, I.; Montesinos, B.; Oudmaijer, R. D.; Vioque, M.; Rodrigo, C.; Solano, E.; Meeus, G. et al. (2021), "Homogeneous study of Herbig Ae/Be stars from spectral energy distributions and Gaia EDR3", Astronomy & Astrophysics 650: A182, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039519, Bibcode2021A&A...650A.182G 
  5. Grinin, V. P.; Kozlova, O. V.; Natta, A.; Ilyin, I.; Tuominen, I.; Rostopchina, A. N.; Shakhovskoy, D. N. (2001). "Optical spectra of five UX Orionis-type stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 379 (2): 482. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011280. Bibcode2001A&A...379..482G. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Mora, A.; Eiroa, C.; Natta, A.; Grady, C. A.; De Winter, D.; Davies, J. K.; Ferlet, R.; Harris, A. W. et al. (2004). "Dynamics of the circumstellar gas in the Herbig Ae stars BF Orionis, SV Cephei, WW Vulpeculae and XY Persei". Astronomy & Astrophysics 419: 225–240. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20040096. Bibcode2004A&A...419..225M. 
  7. Testi, L.; Palla, F.; Natta, A. (1998). "The onset of cluster formation around Herbig Ae/Be stars". arXiv:astro-ph/9811210.
  8. Shevchenko, V. S.; Ezhkova, O. V. (2001). "Long-Term Cyclicity of the Herbig Ae Star BF Ori: Giant Protocomets and Accretion from a Protoplanetary Disk". Astronomy Letters 27 (1): 39. doi:10.1134/1.1336861. Bibcode2001AstL...27...39S. 
  9. Marconi, M.; Ripepi, V.; Alcala', J. M.; Covino, E.; Palla, F.; Terranegra, L. (2000). "Pulsation in two Herbig Ae stars: HD 35929 and V351 Ori". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355. Bibcode2000A&A...355L..35M.