Astronomy:Gamma Sextantis
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Right ascension | 09h 52m 30.43727s[1] |
| Declination | −08° 06′ 18.1269″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.05[2] (5.6 + 6.0)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A0/1 V[4] (A1 V + A4 V)[5] |
| U−B color index | +0.06[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.04[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +12[6] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −57.28[1] mas/yr Dec.: −49.26[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 11.75 ± 0.63[1] mas |
| Distance | 280 ± 10 ly (85 ± 5 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.43[7] |
| Orbit[3] | |
| Period (P) | 77.55 yr |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 0.383″ |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.691 |
| Inclination (i) | 145.1° |
| Longitude of the node (Ω) | 31.0° |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 141.5° |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.60[8] M☉ |
| Luminosity | 57[9] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.18±0.14[8] cgs |
| Temperature | 9,825±334[8] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 134.6±1.4[10] km/s |
| Age | 401[8] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Gamma Sextantis, Latinized as γ Sextantis, is a binary star[12] system in the equatorial constellation of Sextans. The combined apparent visual magnitude of the system is 5.05,[2] which means it is faintly visible to the naked eye. The annual parallax shift is 11.75 mas,[1] indicating a distance of around 280 light years.
The two components orbit each other with a period of 77.55 years and a high eccentricity of 0.691. The orbital plane is inclined by 145.1° to the line of sight from the Earth.[1] With a visual magnitude of 5.6,[5] the brighter component A is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A1 V.[5] The fainter companion B has a classification of A4 V[5] with a magnitude of 6.0.[5] Their combined spectral matches a classification of A0/1 V[4] and their angular separation 0,4 arcseconds, so for the observation a telescope with at least 30 centimetres aperture is require.
There is a magnitude 12.28 companion star C at an angular separation of 36.9 arc seconds along a position angle of 333°, as of 2000. This separation has increased from 30.0 arc seconds in 1834. The proper motion of this star differs from the Gamma Sextantis AB system, having components μα = −29 mas/yr and μδ = +5 mas/yr.[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99): 99, Bibcode: 1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heintz, W. D. (March 1982), "Orbits of 16 visual binaries", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 47: 569–573, Bibcode: 1982A&AS...47..569H.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan) 5, Bibcode: 1999MSS...C05....0H.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Edwards, T. W. (April 1976), "MK classification for visual binary components", Astronomical Journal 81: 245–249, doi:10.1086/111879, Bibcode: 1976AJ.....81..245E.
- ↑ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington), Bibcode: 1953GCRV..C......0W.
- ↑ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 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, Bibcode: 2015ApJ...804..146D.
- ↑ McDonald, I. et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427..343M.
- ↑ Díaz, C. G. et al. (July 2011), "Accurate stellar rotational velocities using the Fourier transform of the cross correlation maximum", Astronomy & Astrophysics 531: A143, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016386, Bibcode: 2011A&A...531A.143D.
- ↑ "gam Sex – Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=gam+Sex, retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ↑ Eggleton, P. P. et al. (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, Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E.
- ↑ Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode: 2001AJ....122.3466M.
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