Astronomy:Epsilon Apodis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Apus
ε Apodis
Apus constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of ε Apodis (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Apus
Right ascension  14h 22m 23.16467s[1]
Declination −80° 06′ 32.2053″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.06[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B3 V[3]
U−B color index −0.610[2]
B−V color index −0.121[2]
Variable type γ Cas[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+4.5[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −9.51[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −14.34[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.06 ± 0.22[1] mas
Distance640 ± 30 ly
(198 ± 9 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.41[6]
Details
Mass6.15±0.71[7] M
Radius3.9[8] R
Luminosity1,614[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.18[9] cgs
Temperature17,050[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.02[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)255[10] km/s
Age38.3±4.4[11] Myr
Other designations
ε Aps, CD–79 559, HD 124771, HIP 70248, HR 5336, SAO 257142.[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Epsilon Apodis, Latinized from ε Apodis, is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.06,[2] which is bright enough to be viewed from dark suburban skies. Based upon parallax measurements, it is at a distance of roughly 640 light-years (200 parsecs) from Earth.[1]

A light curve for Epsilon Apodis, plotted from Hipparcos data[13]

Based upon a stellar classification of B3 V,[3] this is a massive, B-type main sequence star that is generating energy through the fusion of hydrogen at its core. Epsilon Apodis has more than six[7] times the mass of the Sun and nearly four[8] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 1,614[7] times as much luminosity as the Sun from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of 17,050 K.[7] At this heat, it has a blue-white glow that is a characteristic of B-type stars.[14]

It is spinning rapidly, with a projected rotational velocity of 255 km/s[10] giving a lower bound for the azimuthal velocity along the equator. Epsilon Apodis is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type[4] variable star and its brightness varies between magnitudes 4.99 and 5.04.[15]

Naming

In Chinese caused by adaptation of the European southern hemisphere constellations into the Chinese system, 異雀 (Yì Què), meaning Exotic Bird, refers to an asterism consisting of ε Apodis, ζ Apodis, ι Apodis, β Apodis, γ Apodis, δ Octantis, δ1 Apodis, η Apodis and α Apodis. Consequently, ε Apodis itself is known as 異雀九 (Yì Què jiǔ, English: the Ninth Star of Exotic Bird.)[16]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, F. (November 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 Gutierrez-Moreno, Adelina; Moreno, Hugo (June 1968), "A photometric investigation of the Scorpio-Centaurus association", Astrophysical Journal Supplement 15: 459, doi:10.1086/190168, Bibcode1968ApJS...15..459G. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kazarovets, E. V. et al. (January 1999), "The 74th Special Name-list of Variable Stars", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 4659: 1, Bibcode1999IBVS.4659....1K. 
  5. Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966), "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities", in Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick, Determination of Radial Velocities and their Applications, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 30, 30, University of Toronto: International Astronomical Union, p. 57, Bibcode1967IAUS...30...57E. 
  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 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Hohle, M. M.; Neuhäuser, R.; Schutz, B. F. (April 2010), "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants", Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349, doi:10.1002/asna.200911355, Bibcode2010AN....331..349H. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; Pastori, L.; Covino, S.; Pozzi, A. (February 2001). "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics". Astronomy and Astrophysics 367 (2): 521–524. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451. Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Saffe, C. et al. (October 2008), "Spectroscopic metallicities of Vega-like stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 490 (1): 297–305, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810260, Bibcode2008A&A...490..297S. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Uesugi, Akira; Fukuda, Ichiro (1970), "Catalogue of rotational velocities of the stars", Contributions from the Institute of Astrophysics and Kwasan Observatory (University of Kyoto), Bibcode1970crvs.book.....U. 
  11. Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1): 190–200, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, Bibcode2011MNRAS.410..190T. 
  12. "eps Aps -- Be Star", SIMBAD (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=HD+124771, retrieved 2012-07-08. 
  13. "Hipparcos Tools Interactive Data Access". ESA. https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hipparcos/interactive-data-access. 
  14. "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), December 21, 2004, archived from the original on 2012-03-18, https://web.archive.org/web/20120318151427/http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/senior/astrophysics/photometry_colour.html, retrieved 2012-01-16. 
  15. Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; Kazarovets, R. V., "eps Aps", General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Sternberg Astronomical Institute), http://www.sai.msu.su/gcvs/cgi-bin/ident.cgi?cat=HD++&num=124771, retrieved 2012-07-09. 
  16. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 29 日

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