Astronomy:Delta Horologii

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Short description: Binary star system in the constellation Horologium
Delta Horologii
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Horologium
Right ascension  04h 10m 50.58927s[1]
Declination −41° 59′ 36.8537″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.93[2] (5.15 + 7.29)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A9 V[3]
U−B color index +0.084[2]
B−V color index +0.338[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+38.3±2.6[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +199.08[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +70.18[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)18.24 ± 0.41[1] mas
Distance179 ± 4 ly
(55 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.50[5]
Details
δ Hor A
Mass1.41[6] M
Surface gravity (log g)3.71±0.14[6] cgs
Temperature7,033±239[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.32[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)220.1±11.0[5] km/s
Age768[6] Myr
δ Hor B
Rotational velocity (v sin i)51.7±2.6[5] km/s
Other designations
δ Hor, CD−42° 1400, HD 26612, HIP 19515, HR 1302, SAO 216682, WDS J04108-4200AB[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Delta Horologii (δ Horologii) is a binary star[3] system in the constellation Horologium. It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.93.[2] As of 2014, the pair had an angular separation of 0.20 arc seconds along a position angle of 24°.[9] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 18.24 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located 179 ± 4 light years from the Sun.

The primary, component A, is a magnitude 5.15 A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A9 V.[3] At the estimated age of 768 million years,[6] it is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 220 km/s,[5] giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 15% larger than the polar radius.[10] The star has 1.4[6] times the mass of the Sun.

The secondary has an apparent magnitude of 7.29.[3]

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 Cousins, A. W. J. (1983), "UBV photometry of E region standard stars of intermediate brightness", South African Astronomical Observatory Circular 7 (7): 36–46, Bibcode1983SAAOC...7...36C. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 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. 
  4. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Ammler-von Eiff, Matthias; Reiners, Ansgar (June 2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics 542: A116, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, Bibcode2012A&A...542A.116A. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015), "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets", The Astrophysical Journal 804 (2): 146, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146, Bibcode2015ApJ...804..146D. 
  7. Casagrande, L. et al. (2011), "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey", Astronomy & Astrophysics 530 (A138): 21, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276, Bibcode2011A&A...530A.138C. 
  8. "del Hor -- Double or multiple star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=del+Hor, retrieved 2017-04-25. 
  9. Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466–3471, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M 
  10. Belle, G. T. (2012). "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars". The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 20 (1): 51. doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2. Bibcode2012A&ARv..20...51V.