Astronomy:HD 131040

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Short description: Star in the constellation Boötes
HD 131040
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Boötes
Right ascension  14h 49m 32.38252s[1]
Declination +51° 22′ 28.2072″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.51[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F5IV[3]
U−B color index +0.00[2]
B−V color index +0.40[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-6.90[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +16.05[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +1.71[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)17.51 ± 0.69[1] mas
Distance186 ± 7 ly
(57 ± 2 pc)
Details
Mass1.53[5] M
Luminosity6.8[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.07[5] cgs
Temperature6,707[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.04[5] dex
Age1.80[5] Myr
Other designations
BD+51° 1957, HD 131040, HIP 72508, HR 5537, SAO 29296.
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 131040 is a double star in the northern constellation of Boötes. The brighter component is a subgiant star that varies slightly in luminosity by 0.04 in magnitude.[3] The magnitude 9.64 companion lies at an angular separation of 15.2 along a position angle of 93°.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Leeuwen, F. (November 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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. SIMBAD, Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Adelman, S. J.; Coursey, B. C.; Harris, E. A. (December 2000), "On the Variability of F1-F9 Luminosity Class III-V Stars", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 5003 (5003): 1, Bibcode2000IBVS.5003....1A 
  4. 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. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Casagrande, L. et al. (2011). "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey". Astronomy & Astrophysics 530 (A138): 21. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276. Bibcode2011A&A...530A.138C. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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, Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M. 
  7. Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M, http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=B/wds, retrieved 2015-07-22 

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