Astronomy:FK Comae Berenices
 Light curves for FK Comae Berenices. The main plot shows the short term variability plotted from TESS data;[1] the inset, adapted from Panov and Dimitrov (2007),[2] shows the long term variability. | |
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 13h 30m 46.79937s[3] |
| Declination | +24° 13′ 57.7862″[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 8.14 – 8.33[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G4 III[5] |
| Variable type | FK Com[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −21.0±5.8[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −51.969[3] mas/yr Dec.: −22.262[3] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 4.6102 ± 0.0446[3] mas |
| Distance | 707 ± 7 ly (217 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.2[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.1[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 6.99[3] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 26.8[3] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.359[8] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,966[3] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.89[7] dex |
| Rotation | 2.4 days[9] |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 160[10] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
FK Comae Berenices is a variable star that varies in apparent magnitude between 8.14 and 8.33 over a period of 2.4 days. It is the prototype for the FK Comae Berenices (FK Com) class of variable stars. The variability of FK Com stars may be caused by large, cool spots on the rotating surfaces of the stars. This star is thought to be the result of a recent binary merger, resulting in a high rate of both spin and magnetic activity.
The spectral class of FK Comae Berenices is G4 III, although it is considered unusual in having very broad absorption lines as well as some emission lines. The broadened spectral lines are due to rapid rotation.[10]
The rotation rate of FK Comae Berenices is unusually fast for a cool giant star. It is speculated that this is due to the merger of a contact binary pair of stars into a single star. The rotation produces extremely strong magnetic fields which are expected to brake the star to a slower rotation rate. Analysis of variability due to star spots on the surface show that the star rotates at different speeds at different latitudes.[9]
FK Comae Berenices is listed as a companion to the slightly brighter HD 117567. The two are not thought to be physically associated, with HD 117567 being a much closer F2 main sequence star.[12]
References
- ↑ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html.
- ↑ Panov, K.; Dimitrov, D. (May 2007). "Long-term photometric study of FK Comae Berenices and HD 199178". Astronomy and Astrophysics 467: 229–235. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065596.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Samus, N. N. et al. (2009), "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007–2013)", VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S 1: B/gcvs, Bibcode: 2009yCat....102025S.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Strassmeier, Klaus G. (September 2009), "Starspots", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 17 (3): 251–308, doi:10.1007/s00159-009-0020-6, Bibcode: 2009A&ARv..17..251S.
- ↑ Korhonen, H.; Berdyugina, S. V.; Hackman, T.; Duemmler, R.; Ilyin, I. V.; Tuominen, I. (1999), "Study of FK Comae Berenices. I. Surface images for 1994 and 1995", Astronomy and Astrophysics 346: 103, Bibcode: 1999A&A...346..101K.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Anders, F.; Khalatyan, A.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B.; Santiago, B. X.; Jordi, C.; Girardi, L.; Brown, A. G. A. et al. (2019), "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18", Astronomy and Astrophysics 628: A94, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935765, Bibcode: 2019A&A...628A..94A.
- ↑ McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (2017), "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho–Gaia stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471 (1): 770–791, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1433, Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471..770M.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Hackman, T.; Pelt, J.; Mantere, M. J.; Jetsu, L.; Korhonen, H.; Granzer, T.; Kajatkari, P.; Lehtinen, J. et al. (2013), "Flip-flops of FK Comae Berenices", Astronomy & Astrophysics 553: A40, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220690, Bibcode: 2013A&A...553A..40H.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ayres, Thomas R. et al. (March 2016), "FK Comae Berenices, King of Spin: The COCOA-PUFS Project", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 223 (1): 30, doi:10.3847/0067-0049/223/1/5, 5, Bibcode: 2016ApJS..223....5A.
- ↑ "FK Com". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=FK+Com.
- ↑ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001), "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode: 2001AJ....122.3466M.
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