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. Bibcode: 2012AstL...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. Bibcode: 2015A&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. Bibcode: 2007A&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, Bibcode: 1987JHA....18..209W.