Astronomy:HD 64740

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Short description: Star in the constellation Puppis
HD 64740
Puppis constellation map.svg
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Location of HD 64740 (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension  07h 53m 03.63538s[1]
Declination −49° 36′ 46.9530″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.63[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2V[3]
U−B color index −0.92[2]
B−V color index −0.23[2]
Variable type Constant[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+8.00±4.2[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −7.77[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +15.16[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.30 ± 0.15[1] mas
Distance760 ± 30 ly
(233 ± 8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.2±0.1[6]
Details
Mass9.6 M[7]
10.1±0.5[8] M
Radius4.5±0.7[8] R
Luminosity5,908[9] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.01±0.09[6] cgs
Temperature23,700[9] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.01[10] dex
Rotation1.33026 d[11]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)160[12] km/s
Age12.6+7.4
−2.7
[8] Myr
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 64740 is a single[13] star in the southern constellation Puppis, positioned near the line of sight to the Gum Nebula.[4] It has a blue-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.63.[2] Parallax measurements give a distance estimate of approximately 760 light-years from the Sun,[1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +8 km/s.[5]

This is a massive B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B2V.[3] It is a magnetic chemically peculiar star of the helium strong variety[6] with weak hydrogen alpha emission.[8] The polar magnetic field strength is 3,700 G.[4] The star is about half way through its main sequence lifetime with an estimated age of ~13 million years.[8] It is spinning rapidly with an equatorial velocity of about 140±10 km/s, based on a polar inclination angle of 36°±15°,[4] giving it a rotation period of ~1.33 days.[11] The star is radiating over 5,900 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 23,700 K.[9]

Significant X-ray emission has been detected originating from this star, which may be connected to the magnetically-confined stellar wind.[14] The star does not display pulsation behavior, but it does show a magnetically-modulated variation from the wind.[15] Variation of ultraviolet lines of silicon has been detected, which may be due to surface abundance variations.[4] Two patches of helium overabundance are observed near the magnetic poles, which are inclined by about 20° to the star's pole of rotation.[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.  Vizier catalog entry
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. 3.0 3.1 Houk, Nancy (1978). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. 2. Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan. Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Krtička, J. et al. (August 2013). "Ultraviolet and visual flux and line variations of one of the least variable Bp stars HD 64740". Astronomy & Astrophysics 556: 11. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201221018. A18. Bibcode2013A&A...556A..18K. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gontcharov, G. A. (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. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Shultz, M. E. et al. (May 2019). "The magnetic early B-type Stars II: stellar atmospheric parameters in the era of Gaia". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 485 (2): 1508–1527. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz416. Bibcode2019MNRAS.485.1508S. 
  7. Tetzlaff, N. et al. (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
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Shultz, M. E. et al. (November 2019). "The magnetic early B-type stars - III. A main-sequence magnetic, rotational, and magnetospheric biography". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 490 (1): 274–295. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2551. Bibcode2019MNRAS.490..274S. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Hohle, M. M. et al. (2010). "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants". Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349. doi:10.1002/asna.200911355. Bibcode2010AN....331..349H.  Vizier catalog entry
  10. Gontcharov, G. A. (2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters 38 (12): 771–782. doi:10.1134/S1063773712120031. Bibcode2012AstL...38..771G.  Vizier catalog entry
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Alecian, E.; Peralta, R.; Oksala, M. E.; Neiner, C. (December 2012). "The Magnetism in Massive Stars (MiMeS) project: First HARPSpol discoveries". in Boissier, S.; de Laverny, P.; Nardetto, N. et al.. pp. 401–404. Bibcode2012sf2a.conf..401A. 
  12. Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "Bright Star Catalogue". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H 5050. Bibcode1995yCat.5050....0H. 
  13. Chini, R. et al. (2012). "A spectroscopic survey on the multiplicity of high-mass stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 424 (3): 1925. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21317.x. Bibcode2012MNRAS.424.1925C. 
  14. Nazé, Yaël et al. (November 2014). "X-Ray Emission from Magnetic Massive Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 215 (1): 20. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/215/1/10. 10. Bibcode2014ApJS..215...10N. 
  15. Telting, J. H. et al. (2006). "A high-resolution spectroscopy survey of β Cephei pulsations in bright stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 452 (3): 945. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054730. Bibcode2006A&A...452..945T.