Astronomy:HD 42818
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Camelopardalis[1] |
| Right ascension | 06h 18m 50.7809s[2] |
| Declination | +69° 19′ 11.176″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.76[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence[3] |
| Spectral type | A0 Vn[4] |
| B−V color index | 0.025±0.003 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −7.0±7.4[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +0.686[2] mas/yr Dec.: −108.270[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 18.64 ± 0.23[6] mas |
| Distance | 175 ± 2 ly (53.6 ± 0.7 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +1.11[1] |
| Details | |
| HD 42818 A | |
| Mass | 2.49[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.7[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 33.83[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.18±0.14[7] cgs |
| Temperature | 10,834±368[7] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.3[9] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 255[7] km/s |
| Age | 99[7] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HD 42818 is a suspected astrometric binary[11] star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.76.[1] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 18.64±0.23 mas as seen from Earth's orbit,[6] it is located some 175 light years away. The system appears to be moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −7 km/s.[5] As of 2012, it is estimated that the system will make its closest approach to the Sun in 485,000 years at a distance of around 169.2 ly (51.87 pc).[1]
The visible member, designated component A, is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 Vn,[4] where the 'n' indicates "nebulous" absorption lines due to rotation. It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 255 km/s[7] (van Belle (2012) lists 325 km/s), giving the star a pronounced equatorial bulge.[12] Although spectral type A stars are not expected to emit X-rays, the coordinates of this star is a source of X-ray emission with a luminosity of 120.4×1020 W. This may be coming from a cooler, unseen companion.[13]
The primary has an estimated 2.49 times the mass of the Sun[7] and about 2.7 times the Sun's radius.[8] It is a relatively young star, about 99 million years old. The star is radiating 34 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,834 K.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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 2.2 2.3 Brown, A. G. A. et al. (2016), "Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties", Astronomy and Astrophysics 595: A2, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629512, Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A...2G.
- ↑ Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities". Astronomy and Astrophysics 537: A120. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A.120Z.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cowley, A. et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406, doi:10.1086/110819, Bibcode: 1969AJ.....74..375C.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..61D.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 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.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy & Astrophysics 367: 521–24, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P.
- ↑ Gebran, M. et al. (2016), "A new method for the inversion of atmospheric parameters of A/Am stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics 589: A83, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201528052, Bibcode: 2016A&A...589A..83G.
- ↑ "HD 42818". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+42818.
- ↑ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (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.
- ↑ van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 20 (1): 51, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, Bibcode: 2012A&ARv..20...51V.
- ↑ Schröder, C.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M. (November 2007), "X-ray emission from A-type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 475 (2): 677–684, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077429, Bibcode: 2007A&A...475..677S.
