Astronomy:HD 147379
| Observation data {{#ifeq:J2000|J2000.0 (ICRS)|Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)| Epoch J2000 [[Astronomy:Equinox (celestial coordinates)|Equinox J2000}} | |
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| Constellation | Draco[1][2] |
| HD 147379A | |
| Right ascension | 16h 16m 42.74635s[3] |
| Declination | +67° 14′ 19.8316″[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 8.9[4] |
| HD 147379B | |
| Right ascension | 16h 16m 45.31448s[5] |
| Declination | +67° 15′ 22.4811″[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.69-10.74[6] |
| Characteristics | |
| HD 147379A | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence[3] |
| Spectral type | M0.0V[4] |
| B−V color index | 1.11[4] |
| J−H color index | 0.643[7] |
| J−K color index | 0.826[7] |
| HD 147379B | |
| Spectral type | M3V[8] |
| J−H color index | 0.608[7] |
| J−K color index | 0.842[7] |
| Variable type | BY Draconis variable[6] |
| Astrometry | |
| HD 147379A | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −18.962±0.0011[9] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −497.915[3] mas/yr Dec.: 84.047[3] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 92.8766 ± 0.0146[3] mas |
| Distance | 35.117 ± 0.006 ly (10.767 ± 0.002 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +8.47[1] |
| HD 147379B | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −18.36±0.0008[10] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −483.006[5] mas/yr Dec.: 89.049[5] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 92.8985 ± 0.0160[5] mas |
| Distance | 35.109 ± 0.006 ly (10.764 ± 0.002 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +10.54[2] |
| Orbit[4] | |
| Primary | HD 147379A |
| Companion | HD 147379B |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 64.4" (693.4 astronomical unit|AU) |
| Details[11] | |
| HD 147379A | |
| Mass | 0.58±0.08 M☉ |
| Radius | 0.57±0.06 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.1069±0.0153[12] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.609±0.012[4] cgs |
| Temperature | 4090±50 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.16±0.16 dex |
| Rotation | 22 d[13] |
| Age | 5.1+3.2 −2.4[14] Gyr |
| HD 147379B | |
| Mass | 0.45±0.02[8] M☉ |
| Radius | 0.460±0.008[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.02645±0.00645[15] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.84±0.06[8] cgs |
| Temperature | 3525±31[8] K |
| Rotation | 40.4±3.0 d[8] |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 0.50[8] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| HD 147379A: BD+67°935, GC 21949, HIP 79755, G 257-32, G 225-57, G 240-14, LHS 3175, LSPM J1616+6714, LTT 14863, NLTT 42488, TYC 4195-721-1, 2MASS J16164280+6714196[16] | |
| HD 147379B: EW Draconis, HIP 79762, SAO 17026, PPM 19804, G 240-15, G 225-58, G 257-33, LHS 3176, LSPM J1616+6715, LTT 14864, NLTT 42489, TYC 4195-1167-1, GSC 04195-01167, 2MASS J16164537+6715224[17] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | A |
| B | |
HD 147379 (Gliese 617) is a wide visual binary between two red dwarfs in the deep northern constellation of Draco. The two stars are located approximately 35.1 light-years (10.8 pc) distant based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements, and approaching the Solar System at heliocentric radial velocities of −18.962 km/s and −18.36 km/s, respectively. The brighter primary star, HD 147379A, has an apparent magnitude of 8.9,[4] too faint to be seen by the naked eye from Earth but visible using binoculars.[18] The dimmer secondary, B, fluctuates in apparent magnitude between 10.69 and 10.74,[6] making it observable via a telescope with an aperture of 35 mm or larger.[19]
HD 147379A
HD 147379A (HIP 79755) is a red dwarf with a spectral type of M0.0V, about 58% the mass of the Sun, 57% the radius, and an age of 5.1+3.2
−2.4 billion years. It emits just over a tenth of the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,090 K (3,820 °C; 6,900 °F). It has a high metallicity of [Fe/H]=0.16±0.16 dex, meaning it has an iron content somewhere around 45% higher than the Sun.[11] It is also enriched in cobalt, but is depleted in calcium and titanium. The star shows slight variations in the TiO spectral lines.[20]
Planetary system
In 2018, two teams independently reported the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting HD 147379A, both via the radial-velocity method.[11][12] This was the first exoplanet found by the CARMENES survey.[11] The planet, commonly referred to as HD 147379 b, has a minimum mass of 21.6 ± 1.1 M⊕, slightly more massive than Neptune (17.147 M⊕[21]). It orbits its host star once every 86.58 days at about a third of the distance from Earth to the Sun, placing it within the conservative habitable zone of the star, where liquid water could exist.[4]
One of the teams that discovered HD 147379 b proposed another candidate planet, this one with a minimum mass of 27 M⊕ and a 500-day period, orbiting at a distance of about 1 AU.[12] However, a 2023 follow-up study did not detect such a signal. Instead, they detected a signal with a 12.3-day period, but discarded it due to the high chance of it being a false positive. Nevertheless, it is highly likely that a second planet exists interior to b's orbit.[4]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | ≥21.6 ± 1.1 M⊕ | 0.3315 ± 0.0024[22] | 86.58 ± 0.14 | 0.0630+0.0470−0.0380 | — | — |
HD 147379B

HD 147379B (HIP 79762) is a gravitationally bound companion to HD 147379A at a separation of 64.4 arcseconds, which corresponds to a distance of 693.4 AU.[4]
This is a red dwarf with a spectral type of M3V, about 45% the mass of the Sun and 46% the radius. It has a "partially convective" structure, meaning that the outer convection zone does not reach down to the core,[8] as opposed to "fully convective" stars weighing less than 0.35 M☉ that are convective throughout.[24] It too has a high metallicity of [M/H]=0.20±0.10 dex, translating to a roughly 60% excess in elements heavier than hydrogen and helium compared to the Sun. At an effective temperature of 3,525 K (3,252 °C; 5,885 °F),[8] it radiates just 2.6% the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere.[15] It rotates on its axis once every 40.4 days at a relatively slow projected equatorial velocity of 0.50 km/s.[8]
It has a magnetic field that fluctuated in strength between 36-75 G between 2020-2022, approximately 100 times stronger than Earth's magnetic field (0.22-0.67 G[25]) and similar to those of faster-rotating red dwarfs. The variations in strength are smaller than those seen in fully convective red dwarfs such as Gliese 1151.[8]
In 1994, the star was reported to have a high likelihood (99%) of exhibiting long-term variability, albeit the author noted that this may be suspect.[26] It was formally classified as a BY Draconis variable in 1997, receiving the variable-star designation EW Draconis.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Stalport, M.; Cretignier, M.; Udry, S. et al. (2023). "A review of planetary systems around HD 99492, HD 147379, and HD 190007 with HARPS-N". Astronomy & Astrophysics 678: A90. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346887. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2023A&A...678A..90S.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kazarovets, E. V.; Samus, N. N. (23 April 1997). "The 73rd Name-List of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 4471: 1–45. Bibcode: 1997IBVS.4471....1K.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D. et al. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2246: II/246. Bibcode: 2003yCat.2246....0C.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Lehmann, L T; Donati, J-F; Fouqué, P et al. (2023-11-09). "SPIRou reveals unusually strong magnetic fields of slowly rotating M dwarfs". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 527 (2): 4330–4352. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad3472. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Fouqué, Pascal; Moutou, Claire; Malo, Lison et al. (2018-04-01). "SPIRou Input Catalogue: global properties of 440 M dwarfs observed with ESPaDOnS at CFHT". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 475 (2): 1960–1986. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx3246. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 2018MNRAS.475.1960F.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Reiners, A.; Ribas, I.; Zechmeister, M. et al. (2018). "The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: HD147379 b: A nearby Neptune in the temperate zone of an early-M dwarf". Astronomy & Astrophysics 609: L5. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732165. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2018A&A...609L...5R.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Hobson, M. J.; Díaz, R. F.; Delfosse, X. et al. (2018). "The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets: XIII. Two planets around M-dwarfs Gl617A and Gl96". Astronomy & Astrophysics 618: A103. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832732. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2018A&A...618A.103H.
- ↑ Pepper, Joshua (2018-01-01). "Rotational Period Measurement of Planet Host HD 147379". Research Notes of the AAS 2 (1): 14. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/aaa842. ISSN 2515-5172. Bibcode: 2018RNAAS...2...14P.
- ↑ Veyette, Mark J.; Muirhead, Philip S. (2018-08-20). "Chemo-kinematic Ages of Eccentric-planet-hosting M Dwarf Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 863 (2): 166. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aad40e. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2018ApJ...863..166V.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Stassun, Keivan G.; Oelkers, Ryan J.; Paegert, Martin et al. (2019-10-01). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2019AJ....158..138S.
- ↑ "HD 147379". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+147379.
- ↑ "HD 147379B". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+147379B.
- ↑ Zarenski, Ed (2004). "Limiting Magnitude in Binoculars". Cloudy Nights. http://www.cloudynights.com/documents/limiting.pdf.
- ↑ North, Gerald; James, Nick (2014). Observing Variable Stars, Novae and Supernovae. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-107-63612-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=IzoDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA24.
- ↑ Zboril, M. (2009-07-21). "Metallicity and photospheric abundances in field GKM giants and dwarfs". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 397 (1): 335–340. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14917.x. Bibcode: 2009MNRAS.397..335Z.
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- ↑ Rosenthal, Lee J.; Fulton, Benjamin J.; Hirsch, Lea A. et al. (2021-07-01). "The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 255 (1): 8. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abe23c. ISSN 0067-0049. Bibcode: 2021ApJS..255....8R.
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- ↑ Reiners, Ansgar; Basri, Gibor (March 2009). "On the magnetic topology of partially and fully convective stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 496 (3): 787–790. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200811450. Bibcode: 2009A&A...496..787R.
- ↑ "An Overview of the Earth's Magnetic Field". http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/earthmag.html#_Toc2075549.
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