Astronomy:HD 156091

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Short description: Double star in the constellation Ara
HD 156091
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Ara[1]
Right ascension  17h 19m 12.50730s[2]
Declination −59° 41′ 40.5989″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.91[3] (5.91 + 13.00)[4]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2 IIICNIB/II[5]
B−V color index 1.37[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−5.0±0.4[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −3.15[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −8.05[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.31 ± 0.36[2] mas
Distanceapprox. 2,500 ly
(approx. 800 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.11[7]
Details
Mass8.4±1.0[8] M
Luminosity4,266[9] L
Temperature4,306[9] K
Age33.7±8.6[8] Myr
Other designations
CD−59°6506, HD 156091, HIP 84731, HR 6408, SAO 244613
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 156091 is a double star in the southern constellation of Ara. The primary is a sixth magnitude giant star with stronger than normal lines of carbon, nitrogen, and barium in its spectrum.[10] The companion is a 13th magnitude star at an angular separation of 27.4 along a position angle of 275°, as of 2000.[4]

References

  1. Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 99 (617): 695. doi:10.1086/132034. Bibcode1987PASP...99..695R  Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Corben, P. M.; Stoy, R. H. (1968), "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa 27: 11, Bibcode1968MNSSA..27...11C. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 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 
  5. Houk, Nancy; Cowley, A. P. (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H. 
  6. 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. 
  7. Gontcharov, G. A. (2011). "The red giant branch in the Tycho-2 catalogue". Astronomy Letters 37 (10): 707. doi:10.1134/S1063773711090040. Bibcode2011AstL...37..707G. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Tetzlaff, N. et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1): 190–200, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, Bibcode2011MNRAS.410..190T. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 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. 
  10. Keenan, Philip C.; Yorka, Sandra B.; Wilson, Olin C. (July 1987), "Recognition and classification of strong-CN giants", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 99: 629–636, doi:10.1086/132025, Bibcode1987PASP...99..629K.