Astronomy:Eta Delphini

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Short description: Star in the constellation Delphinus
Eta Delphini
Diagram showing star positions and boundaries of the Delphinus constellation and its surroundings
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Location of η Delphini (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Delphinus
Right ascension  20h 33m 57.04099s[1]
Declination +13° 01′ 38.1437″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.38[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3 IVs[3]
U−B color index +0.05[2]
B−V color index +0.08[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−25.00±4.2[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +73.15[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +24.66[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.81 ± 1.17[1] mas
Distance240 ± 20 ly
(72 ± 6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.11[5]
Details
Mass2.12[6] M
Radius2.2[7] R
Luminosity35[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.38[6] cgs
Temperature9,355±318[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.56[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)65[8] km/s
Age309[6] Myr
Other designations
η Del, 3 Del, BD+12° 4378, GC 28617, HD 195943, HIP 101483, HR 7858, SAO 106248[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Eta Delphini, Latinized from η Delphini, is a candidate astrometric binary[10] star system in the northern constellation of Delphinus. It has an apparent magnitude of about 5.4, meaning that it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon a parallax measurement of 13.81[1] mas made by the Hipparcos spacecraft, this star is around 240 light years away from the Sun. It is advancing in general direction of the Earth with a radial velocity of −25 km/s.[4]

The stellar classification of the visible component is A3 IVs,[3] which matches an A-type subgiant star with narrow absorption lines.[11] It is a suspected chemically peculiar star[12] that is about 64.3%±9.2% of the way through its main sequence lifetime.[8] SIMBAD lists this star as a variable star,[9] although it is not catalogued as such in the GCVS.[13] It has more than double the mass[6] and radius[7] of the Sun, and is radiating 35[8] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 9,355 K.[6]

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 Feinstein, A. (1974), "Photoelectric UBVRI observations of AM stars", Astronomical Journal 79: 1290, doi:10.1086/111675, Bibcode1974AJ.....79.1290F. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cowley, A. et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406, doi:10.1086/110819, Bibcode1969AJ.....74..375C. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  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. 7.0 7.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics 367: 521–524, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (January 2012), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities", Astronomy & Astrophysics 537: A120, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691, Bibcode2012A&A...537A.120Z. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 "eta Del". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=eta+Del. 
  10. 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. 
  11. Allen, J. S., The Classification of Stellar Spectra, University College London, http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~pac/spectral_classification.html, retrieved 1 January 2014. 
  12. Renson, P.; Manfroid, J. (May 2009), "Catalogue of Ap, HgMn and Am stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 498 (3): 961–966, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810788, Bibcode2009A&A...498..961R, https://zenodo.org/record/890529. 
  13. Samus, N. N. et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, GCVS 5.1 61 (1): 80–88, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, Bibcode2017ARep...61...80S.