Astronomy:e Ophiuchi

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Short description: Star in the Ophiuchus constellation

e Ophiuchi
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Ophiuchus[1]
Right ascension  17h 18m 36.99s[2]
Declination +10° 51′ 52.1″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.03[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red giant branch[4]
Spectral type K4II-III[3]
U−B color index 1.89[3]
B−V color index 1.55[3]
R−I color index 0.83[citation needed]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)1.89 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +7.676[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −97.830[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.3784 ± 0.1045[2] mas
Distance511 ± 8 ly
(157 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.86[1]
Details
Mass1.1[4] M
Radius53[4] R
Luminosity554[4] L
Surface gravity (log g)1.06[4] cgs
Temperature3,836[4] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)5.47[5] km/s
Age10.3[4] Gyr
Other designations
e Oph, 66 Her, BD+11°3156, HD 156681, HR 6433, SAO 102725[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

e Ophiuchi (HD 156681) is a star in the constellation Ophiuchus near the border with Hercules, which it had been mistakenly catalogued 66 Herculis.[7] It has an apparent magnitude of 5.03.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A  XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "VizieR Detailed Page". http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=5050&-corr=PK=HR&-out.max=9999&HR=6433. Retrieved 2012-07-13. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Reffert, Sabine; Bergmann, Christoph; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Trifonov, Trifon; Künstler, Andreas (2015). "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. VII. Occurrence rate of giant extrasolar planets as a function of mass and metallicity". Astronomy and Astrophysics 574: A116. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322360. Bibcode2015A&A...574A.116R. 
  5. Hekker, S.; Meléndez, J. (2007). "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. III. Spectroscopic stellar parameters". Astronomy and Astrophysics 475 (3): 1003. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078233. Bibcode2007A&A...475.1003H. 
  6. "e Ophiuchi". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=e+Ophiuchi. 
  7. Wagman, M. (August 1987), "Flamsteed's Missing Stars", Journal for the History of Astronomy 18 (3): 209–223, doi:10.1177/002182868701800305, Bibcode1987JHA....18..209W.