Astronomy:HD 44120
| Observation data {{#ifeq:J2000.0|J2000.0 (ICRS)|Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)| Epoch J2000.0 [[Astronomy:Equinox (celestial coordinates)|Equinox J2000.0}} | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pictor[1] |
| A | |
| Right ascension | 06h 16m 18.786s[2] |
| Declination | −59° 12′ 48.61″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.44[1] |
| B | |
| Right ascension | 06h 16m 14.257s[3] |
| Declination | −59° 12′ 27.41″[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.03[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| A | |
| Evolutionary stage | subgiant[2] |
| Spectral type | F9.5V[5] |
| B−V color index | 0.593±0.015[1] |
| B | |
| Evolutionary stage | white dwarf[6] |
| Spectral type | DB3.2[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| A | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −2.125±0.0003[7] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −45.187[2] mas/yr Dec.: −316.389[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 27.7563 ± 0.0172[2] mas |
| Distance | 117.51 ± 0.07 ly (36.03 ± 0.02 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.57[1] |
| B | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 40[8] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −48.359 mas/yr Dec.: −312.181 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 27.7297 ± 0.0203[3] mas |
| Distance | 117.62 ± 0.09 ly (36.06 ± 0.03 pc) |
| Details | |
| A | |
| Mass | 1.214±0.040[9] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.56[10] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 2.93[10] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.10±0.03[11] cgs |
| Temperature | 6,005±70[11] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.09±0.06[11] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.39[12] km/s |
| Age | 4.105±0.755[9] Gyr |
| C | |
| Mass | 0.67±0.10[13] M☉ |
| Radius | 0.0130±0.0003[13] R☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 8.04±0.06[13] cgs |
| Temperature | 15,746±238[13] K |
| Other designations | |
| A: CD−59°1275, HD 44120, HIP 29788, HR 2274, SAO 234418 | |
| C: L 182-61, WD 0615-591[4] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | A |
| C | |
HD 44120 is a wide binary star system in the southern constellation of Pictor. Although visible to the naked eye, it is a challenge to view having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.44.[1] The system is located at a distance of 118 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −2 km/s.[7] It has an absolute magnitude of 3.57.[1]
The primary member, designated component A of this system, is an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F9.5V.[5] It is a Sun-like star and has been considered a "hot" solar analog with a shallower convection zone than the Sun.[15] The estimated age of this star is about four billion years,[9] and it is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 3.4 km/s.[12] It is chromospherically inactive.[16] The star has 1.2 times the mass of the Sun[9] and 1.6 times the Sun's radius.[10] It is radiating nearly three times the luminosity of the Sun[10] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,005 K.[11]
The faint secondary companion, component C, is a magnitude 14.03 white dwarf star with a class of DB3.2,[4] indicating a helium-rich atmosphere. The object has an effective temperature of ~15,700 K with 67% of the Sun's mass but only 1.3% of the Sun's radius.[13] It has taken 155±16 Myr for the white dwarf to have cooled to the current temperature. Prior to leaving the main sequence, this star is estimated to have had 1.45+0.20
−0.16 M☉ and thus was the system primary.[6] It has an angular separation of 40.98″ along a position angle of 301.6° from the current primary. The projected separation of this co-moving pair is 1,533.9 astronomical unit|AU. Their estimated orbit has a semimajor axis of 1,702.6 AU and an orbital period of 51,100 years.[4]
A magnitude 7.61 visual companion, HD 44105, or component B, lies at an angular separation of 32.50″ along a position angle of 234° from component A, as of 2015. It was discovered as a double star by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop and announced in 1829.[17] The parallax for this star indicates a distance of approximately 214 ly (66 pc) from the Sun.[18]
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 2.4 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Holberg, J. B. et al. (2013), "Where are all the Sirius-like binary systems?", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 435 (3): 2077, doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1433, Bibcode: 2013MNRAS.435.2077H
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gray, R. O. et al. (July 2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: spectroscopy of stars earlier than M0 within 40 pc—The Southern Sample", The Astronomical Journal 132 (1): 161–170, doi:10.1086/504637, Bibcode: 2006AJ....132..161G
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Zhao, J. K. et al. (February 2012), "The Initial-Final Mass Relation among White Dwarfs in Wide Binaries", The Astrophysical Journal 746 (2): 11, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/746/2/144, 144, Bibcode: 2012ApJ...746..144Z
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Soubiran, C. et al. (2018), "Gaia Data Release 2. The catalogue of radial velocity standard stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 616: A7, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832795, Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...7S
- ↑ Wegner, G. (1974). "A spectroscopic survey of southern hemisphere white dwarfs - IV. Radial velocities and space motions". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 166 (2): 271. doi:10.1093/mnras/166.2.271. Bibcode: 1974MNRAS.166..271W.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Delgado Mena, E. et al. (April 2019), "Abundance to age ratios in the HARPS-GTO sample with Gaia DR2. Chemical clocks for a range of [Fe/H]", Astronomy & Astrophysics 624: 24, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834783, A78, Bibcode: 2019A&A...624A..78D
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Stassun, Keivan G. et al. (2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. Bibcode: 2019AJ....158..138S.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Aguilera-Gómez, Claudia et al. (June 2018), "Lithium abundance patterns of late-F stars: an in-depth analysis of the lithium desert", Astronomy & Astrophysics 614: 15, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732209, A55, Bibcode: 2018A&A...614A..55A
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Delgado Mena, E. et al. (April 2015), "Li abundances in F stars: planets, rotation, and Galactic evolution", Astronomy & Astrophysics 576: 24, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425433, A69, Bibcode: 2015A&A...576A..69D
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Bédard, A. et al. (2017), "Measurements of Physical Parameters of White Dwarfs: A Test of the Mass-Radius Relation", The Astrophysical Journal 848 (1): 11, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa8bb6, Bibcode: 2017ApJ...848...11B
- ↑ "HD 44120". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+44120.
- ↑ González Hernández, J. I. et al. (April 2012), Richards, M. T.; Hubeny, I., eds., "Searching for the Signatures of Terrestrial Planets in Hot Analogs", From Interacting Binaries to Exoplanets: Essential Modeling Tools, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium 282: pp. 480–481, doi:10.1017/S1743921311028183, Bibcode: 2012IAUS..282..480G
- ↑ Mason, Brian D. et al. (December 1998), "A Multiplicity Survey of Chromospherically Active and Inactive Stars", The Astronomical Journal 116 (6): 2975–2983, doi:10.1086/300654, Bibcode: 1998AJ....116.2975M
- ↑ Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466–3471, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode: 2001AJ....122.3466M
- ↑ 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.
Coordinates:
06h 16m 19s, −59° 12′ 49″
