Astronomy:Eta Coronae Borealis

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Short description: Binary star in the constellation Corona Boeralis
η Coronae Borealis
Location of η Corona Borealis (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Corona Borealis
Right ascension  15h 23m 12.305s[1]
Declination +30° 17′ 16.17″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.98[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G1V[3] / G3V[3] / L8 [4]
U−B color index +0.04[2]
B−V color index +0.58[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−7.410±0.054[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +116.83[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −171.37[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)58.786 ± 0.084[6] mas
Distance55.48 ± 0.08 ly
(17.01 ± 0.02 pc)
Orbit[7]
PrimaryEta Coronae Borealis A
CompanionEta Coronae Borealis B
Period (P)15,204.9(1.4) days
Semi-major axis (a)0.86226(33) mas
(15.79±0.27 astronomical unit|AU)[6]
Eccentricity (e)0.27907(26)
Inclination (i)58.084±0.026°
Longitude of the node (Ω)202.827±0.024°
Periastron epoch (T)42,612.9±3.4
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
39.24±0.37[5]°
Argument of periapsis (ω)
(primary)
219.2±0.37[5]°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
4.709±0.095[5] km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
5.276±0.054[5] km/s
Position (relative to Eta Coronae Borealis AB)[8]
ComponentEta Coronae Borealis C
Angular distance195.3
Position angle136°
Observed separation
(projected)
3,635 AU
Details[9]
A
Mass1.243±0.054[7] M
Radius0.99[lower-alpha 1] R
Luminosity1.2 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.45 cgs
Temperature6,060±53 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.03 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)6.6 km/s
Age2.62+0.50
−0.93
 Gyr
B
Mass1.100±0.039[7] M
Radius0.89[lower-alpha 2] R
Luminosity0.89 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.51 cgs
Temperature5,948±36 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.04 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)7.0 km/s
Age3.11+1.30
−1.13
 Gyr
C
Mass44±6[10] MJup
Radius0.95±0.03[10] RJup
Luminosity1.91+0.28
−0.25
×10−5
[10] L
Surface gravity (log g)5.11±0.09[10] cgs
Temperature1,237±24[10] K
Age3 to 5[8] Gyr
Other designations
2 Coronae Borealis, BD+30 2653, GJ 584, HIP 75312, HR 5727
A: HD 137107
B: HD 137109
Database references
SIMBADdata
A
B

Eta Coronae Borealis (η Coronae Borealis, η CrB) is a stellar system that lies approximately 58 light-years away. The primary component is a mid-wide binary, while a brown dwarf component is located at a wide separation.

Components

Eta Coronae Borealis has been known since the late 18th century to be a moderate-separation binary. The orbit of the two components takes approximately 42 years, which when combined with the distance to the system makes the two stars fairly easily resolvable with a larger telescope. Possible stable planetary orbits in the habitable zone were calculated for the system in 1996.[11]

This system consists of two G-dwarfs[3] that have similar properties to the Sun.[9] At present the angular separation between both stars is 0.5 arcseconds, so a telescope with a diameter of over 25 centimetres is required to resolve it.[12]

A brown dwarf companion was detected in 2001. The source 2MASSW J1523226+301456 in the 2MASS working database was identified as having a similar proper motion to the AB binary, and subsequent observations confirmed its relationship to the system. The new component, Eta Coronae Borealis C, was found to have a spectral type of L8. The brown dwarf has a minimum separation of 3600 AU, and considering a cooling age of 1–2.5 gigayears, the brown dwarf has a mass of 0.060 ± 0.015 M, or 63 ± 16 ||J}}}}}}.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. Calculated, using the Stefan-Boltzmann law and the star's effective temperature and luminosity, with respect to the solar nominal effective temperature of 5,772 K:(5,7726,060)4100.08=0.99 R.
  2. Calculated, using the Stefan-Boltzmann law and the star's effective temperature and luminosity, with respect to the solar nominal effective temperature of 5,772 K:(5,7725,948)4100.05=0.89 R.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=bibcode&Itemid=129&bibcode=2007A%2526A...474..653VFUL. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (Jaavso) 42 (2): 443. Bibcode2014JAVSO..42..443M. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Edwards, T. W. (1976). "MK classification for visual binary components". The Astronomical Journal 81: 245. doi:10.1086/111879. Bibcode1976AJ.....81..245E. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Dahn, Conard C.; Monet, David G.; Reid, I. Neill et al. (2001). "Brown Dwarf Companions to G-Type Stars. I. Gliese 417B and Gliese 584C". The Astronomical Journal 121 (6): 3235–3253. doi:10.1086/321085. Bibcode2001AJ....121.3235K. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Pourbaix, D. (2000). "Resolved double-lined spectroscopic binaries: A neglected source of hypothesis-free parallaxes and stellar masses". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 145 (2): 215–222. doi:10.1051/aas:2000237. Bibcode2000A&AS..145..215P. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Piccotti, Luca; Docobo, José Ángel; Carini, Roberta; Tamazian, Vakhtang S.; Brocato, Enzo; Andrade, Manuel; Campo, Pedro P. (2020-02-01). "A study of the physical properties of SB2s with both the visual and spectroscopic orbits". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 492: 2709–2721. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3616. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2020MNRAS.492.2709P.  Eta Coronae Borealis' database entry at VizieR.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Muterspaugh, Matthew W.; Hartkopf, William I.; Lane, Benjamin F.; O’Connell, J.; Williamson, M.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Konacki, Maciej; Burke, Bernard F. et al. (2010-10-20). "The PHASES Differential Astrometry Data Archive. II. Updated Binary Star Orbits and a Long Period Eclipsing Binary". The Astronomical Journal 140 (6): 1623–1630. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1623. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2010AJ....140.1623M. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Calamari, Emily; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Visscher, Channon; Gemma, Marina E.; Burningham, Ben; Rothermich, Austin (February 2024). "Predicting Cloud Conditions in Substellar Mass Objects Using Ultracool Dwarf Companions" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 963 (1): 67. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad1f6d. ISSN 0004-637X. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Luck, R. Earle (2017-01-01). "Abundances in the Local Region II: F, G, and K Dwarfs and Subgiants". The Astronomical Journal 153: 21. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/21. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2017AJ....153...21L. 
    Database entries in VizieR:
    Eta Coronae Borealis A
    Eta Coronae Borealis B
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Sanghi, Aniket; Liu, Michael C.; Best, William M. J.; Dupuy, Trent J.; Siverd, Robert J.; Zhang, Zhoujian; Hurt, Spencer A.; Magnier, Eugene A. et al. (2023-12-06). "The Hawaii Infrared Parallax Program. VI. The Fundamental Properties of 1000+ Ultracool Dwarfs and Planetary-mass Objects Using Optical to Mid-infrared Spectral Energy Distributions and Comparison to BT-Settl and ATMO 2020 Model Atmospheres" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 959 (1): 63. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acff66. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode2023AAS...24120311S.  Note: See external tables
  11. Benest, D. (1996). "Planetary orbits in the elliptic restricted problem. III. The η Coronae Borealis system.". Astronomy and Astrophysics 314: 983–88. Bibcode1996A&A...314..983B. 
  12. "η Coronae Borealis (eta Coronae Borealis) - Star in Corona Borealis | TheSkyLive.com". https://theskylive.com/sky/stars/eta-coronae-borealis-star.