Astronomy:FL Lyrae

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FL Lyrae
FLLyrLightCurve.png
A light curve for FL Lyrae, plotted from TESS data[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Lyra
Right ascension  19h 12m 04.862s[2]
Declination +46° 19′ 26.87″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.36[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type G0V[4] (F8 + G8)[5]
B−V color index +0.55[3]
Variable type Algol[6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−39.20[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −0.172[2] mas/yr
Dec.: +46.008[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.4577 ± 0.0122[2] mas
Distance437.3 ± 0.7 ly
(134.1 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.84±0.08
5.30±0.16[4]
Details
FL Lyr A
Mass1.218±0.016[4] M
Radius1.283±0.030[4] R
Luminosity2.17[4] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.31±0.02[4] cgs
Temperature6,363±353[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.34[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)29.2[6] km/s
Age2.29[5] Gyr
FL Lyr B
Mass0.958±0.011[4] M
Radius0.963±0.030[4] R
Luminosity0.65[4] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.45±0.03[4] cgs
Temperature5,239±541[8] K
Other designations
FL Lyr, BD+46° 2641, HD 179890, HIP 94335, SAO 48190, KIC 9641031[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

FL Lyrae is the variable star designation for an eclipsing binary star system in the northern constellation of Lyra. The combined apparent magnitude of the pair is 9.36,[3] which means they are too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Parallax measurements put the system at a distance of around 437 light years from the Sun. This star system was in the view field of the Kepler space telescope during 2009−2014,[5] which allowed monitoring during that spacecraft's mission.[8]

The variability of this system was discovered from photographic plates in 1935.[5] It is a binary star system with an orbital plane that is nearly aligned with the line of sight to the Earth. Once every 2.1781542 day orbit, each of the closely orbiting stars eclipses its partner, causing a net magnitude drop to 9.4 during the primary eclipse and to magnitude 9.1 when the secondary component is eclipsed. The secondary member covers 51% of the larger star during the primary eclipse, while the primary covers 88% of the secondary.[4]

The measureable properties of an eclipsing binary can allow the physical parameters of the individual components to be worked out in some detail. The primary component has 122% of the Sun's mass, spans 128% of the radius of the Sun, and is emitting 217% of the Sun's luminosity. It is most likely an F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F8.[5] The secondary is smaller, with 96% of the mass of the Sun, 96% of the Sun's radius, and radiates just 65% of the Sun's luminosity.[4] This is a G-type main sequence star of class G8.[5]

Based upon light variations measured during eclipses by the Kepler spacecraft, the system may contain a third body with twice the mass of Jupiter and an orbital period of under seven years. As of 2015, this remains to be confirmed.[5]

References

  1. MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes, Space Telescope Science Institute, https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html, retrieved 8 December 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Brown, A. G. A. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. Bibcode2021A&A...649A...1G.  Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Høg, E. et al. (2000), "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27, doi:10.1888/0333750888/2862, Bibcode2000A&A...355L..27H. 
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Hill, G. et al. (1975), "MK classifications of some Northern Hemisphere binary systems", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 79 (2): 131–144, Bibcode1975MmRAS..79..131H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Kozyreva, V. S. et al. (October 7, 2015), "An Exo-Jupiter Candidate in the Eclipsing Binary FL Lyr", Astronomy Reports (Cornell University Library) 59 (11–12): 1036–1052, doi:10.1134/S1063772915110050, Bibcode2015ARep...59.1036K. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Guillout, P. et al. (September 2009), "A spectroscopic survey of the youngest field stars in the solar neighbourhood. I. The optically bright sample", Astronomy and Astrophysics 504 (3): 829–843, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811313, Bibcode2009A&A...504..829G. 
  7. Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35,495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Armstrong, D. J. et al. (February 2014), "A catalogue of temperatures for Kepler eclipsing binary stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437 (4): 3473–3481, doi:10.1093/mnras/stt2146, Bibcode2014MNRAS.437.3473A. 
  9. "V* FL Lyr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=V%2A+FL+Lyr.