Astronomy:HD 42818

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Short description: Suspected binary star system in the constellation Camelopardalis
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
Distance175 ± 2 ly
(53.6 ± 0.7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.11[1]
Details
HD 42818 A
Mass2.49[7] M
Radius2.7[8] R
Luminosity33.83[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.18±0.14[7] cgs
Temperature10,834±368[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.3[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)255[7] km/s
Age99[7] Myr
Other designations
BD+62°628, FK5 234, HD 42818, HIP 29997, HR 2209, SAO 13788[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

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. 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. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A  XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 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, Bibcode2016A&A...595A...2G. 
  3. 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. Bibcode2012A&A...537A.120Z. 
  4. 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, Bibcode1969AJ.....74..375C. 
  5. 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, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  6. 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, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  7. 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, Bibcode2015ApJ...804..146D. 
  8. 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, Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  9. 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, Bibcode2016A&A...589A..83G. 
  10. "HD 42818". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+42818. 
  11. 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, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  12. 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, Bibcode2012A&ARv..20...51V. 
  13. 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, Bibcode2007A&A...475..677S.