Astronomy:Delta1 Chamaeleontis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Chamaeleon


δ1 Chamaeleontis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Chamaeleon
Right ascension  10h 45m 16.31446s[1]
Declination −80° 28′ 10.5409″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.47[2] (6.266 + 6.503)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0 III[4]
U−B color index +0.74[2]
B−V color index +0.95[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+10.7[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −17.28[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −29.25[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.36 ± 0.45[1] mas
Distance350 ± 20 ly
(107 ± 5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.32[6]
Details
Luminosity76[7] L
Temperature5,052[7] K
Other designations
δ1 Cha, CPD−79°554, HD 93779, HIP 52595, HR 4231, SAO 258592[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Delta1 Chamaeleontis, Latinized from δ1 Chamaeleontis, is a close double star located in the constellation Chamaeleon. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.47,[2] which is just bright enough for the star to be faintly seen on a dark rural night. With an annual parallax shift of 9.36 mas,[1] it is located around 350 light years from the Sun. This pair is one of two stars named Delta Chamaeleontis, the other being the slightly brighter Delta2 Chamaeleontis located about 6 arcminutes away.[9] Delta Chamaeleontis forms the southernmost component of the constellation's "dipper" or bowl. Together with Gamma Chamaeleontis, they point to a spot that is within 2° of the south celestial pole.[10]

The two components of Delta1 Chamaeleontis have visual magnitudes of 6.3 and 6.5. As of 2000, the pair had an angular separation of 0.783 arcseconds along a position angle of 83.8°.[3] They can be separated by a 7.9 in (20 cm) aperture telescope.[9] The pair is a source of X-ray emission with a flux of 27.4×10−17 W/m2.[11] The stellar classification of Delta1 Chamaeleontis is K0 III,[4] which matches an evolved K-type giant star.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99): 99, Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V. (April 2000), "Two-colour photometry for 9473 components of close Hipparcos double and multiple stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 356: 141–145, Bibcode2000A&A...356..141F. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975), Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, I, University of Michigan, Bibcode1975mcts.book.....H. 
  5. Wilson, R. E. (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Carnegie Institute of Washington, D.C.), Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  6. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 McDonald, I. et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M. 
  8. "del01 Cha -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=del01+Cha, retrieved 2016-12-11. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Inglis, Michael (2012), Astronomy of the Milky Way: The Observer's Guide to the Southern Milky Way, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 106, ISBN 978-1447106418, https://books.google.com/books?id=Gu4GCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106. 
  10. O'Meara, Stephen James (2002), Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects, Cambridge University Press, p. 424, ISBN 0521827965, https://books.google.com/books?id=3Hg6YHgx9nAC&pg=PA427. 
  11. Hunsch, M. et al. (January 1998), "The ROSAT all-sky survey catalogue of optically bright late-type giants and supergiants", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 127 (2): 251–255, doi:10.1051/aas:1998347, Bibcode1998A&AS..127..251H.