Astronomy:HD 54893

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Short description: Star in the constellation Puppis
HD 54893
Puppis constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of HD 54893 (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension  07h 08m 51.06814s[1]
Declination −39° 39′ 20.3590″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.83[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2IV-V[3]
U−B color index −0.69[2]
B−V color index −0.18[2]
Variable type suspected β Cep[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+19.50[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −10.577[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +7.785[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.7743 ± 0.0894[1] mas
Distance860 ± 20 ly
(265 ± 6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.05[6]
Details
Mass6.3[1] M
Radius7.0[1] R
Luminosity2,389[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.56[1] cgs
Temperature15,974[1] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.20[1] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)42.8[7] km/s
Age21.6[8] Myr
Other designations
A Puppis, NSV 3431, CD−39°3105, FK5 2551, GC 9463, HD 54893, HIP 34495, HR 2702, SAO 197632
Database references
SIMBADdata
A light curve for HD 54893, plotted from TESS data[9]

HD 54893, often called A Puppis is a suspected variable star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.83 and is approximately 860 light years away based on parallax.

With a mass over six times that of the Sun, HD 54893 is a hot luminous star with an effective temperature of about 16,000 K and a bolometric luminosity of 2,400 L. The spectral class of B2IV/V suggest it is on the border between the main sequence and the subgiant branch. Evolutionary models show it is towards the end of the main sequence at an age of about 22 million years.

In a 1971 paper, HD 54893 is mentioned as being a confirmed β Cephei variable, but with no explanation of when it was discovered.[10] A 1971 thesis dedicated to β Cephei variables only mentions HD 54893 as a non-variable early B star.[11] In a 1977 search for β Cephei stars, it is listed as possibly being variable.[12] It is catalogued as a suspected variable star, but not confirmed.[4]

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2237. Bibcode2002yCat.2237....0D. 
  3. Hiltner, W. A.; Garrison, R. F.; Schild, R. E. (July 1969). "MK Spectral Types for Bright Southern OB Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 157: 313. doi:10.1086/150069. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode1969ApJ...157..313H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Samus, N. N. et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S 1. Bibcode2009yCat....102025S. 
  5. Wilson, R. E. (1953). "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Carnegie Institution for Science). Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  6. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A.  Vizier catalog entry
  7. Glebocki, R.; Gnacinski, P. (2005). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalog of Stellar Rotational Velocities (Glebocki+ 2005)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: III/244. Originally Published in: 2005csss...13..571G; 2005yCat.3244....0G 3244. Bibcode2005yCat.3244....0G. 
  8. Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (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.  Vizier catalog entry
  9. "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html. 
  10. Percy, John R.; Madore, Katherine (1971). "On Stothers' and Simon's Binary-Star Hypothesis for Beta Canis Majoris Star Pulsation". International Astronomical Union Colloquium 15: 197–203. doi:10.1017/S0252921100032954. 
  11. Watson, Robert Dudley (1971). A study of the beta Cephei stars (Thesis).
  12. Jerzykiewicz, M.; Sterken, C. (1977). "Search for beta Cephei stars south of declination -20 . I. Incidence of light variability among early B giants and subgiants - summer objects". Acta Astronomica 27: 365. Bibcode1977AcA....27..365J.