Astronomy:HR 273

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Short description: Binary star system in the constellation Cassiopeia
HR 273
Cassiopeia constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of HR 273 (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cassiopeia
Right ascension  00h 58m 31.06245s[1]
Declination +66° 21′ 06.4522″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.97[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A0 III[3]
U−B color index −0.13[2]
B−V color index −0.02[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−10.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +43.81[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −13.62[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.31 ± 0.33[1] mas
Distance350 ± 10 ly
(107 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.3[5]
Orbit[6]
Period (P)6.82054 days
Eccentricity (e)0
Inclination (i)20.5°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
24.60 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
38.43 km/s
Details
A
Mass2.5[6] M
Surface gravity (log g)4.0[7] cgs
Temperature11,400[7] K
B
Surface gravity (log g)4.5[7] cgs
Temperature7,800[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.2+0.3
−1.9
[7] km/s
Other designations
HR 273, HD 5550, HIP 4572, BD+65°115
Database references
SIMBADdata

HR 273 is a chemically peculiar spectroscopic binary system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cassiopeia. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.9 making it faintly visible to the naked eye from dark suburban skies. Parallax measurements with the Hipparcos spacecraft put this system at a distance of roughly 350 light years.[1]

The primary, HR 273 A, is an Ap star[8] and the secondary is an Am star, making this a very unusual binary system. The primary has a magnetic field of 65 gauss, amongst the weakest seen in any Ap star. The magnetic field in the secondary is too weak to detect.[7]

Component A has a spectral type of A0 III, and has unusually strong lines of strontium, chromium, and europium so it is known as a SrCrEu star.[6] Although some spectral lines of the secondary star can be clearly distinguished, its spectral type cannot be clearly assigned. It is thought to be a late class A star, cooler than the primary. The primary star has been rotationally braked so that its rotational period closely matches its orbital period.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  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. Cowley, A.; Cowley, C.; Jaschek, M.; Jaschek, C. (1969). "A study of the bright a stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications". Astronomical Journal 74: 375. doi:10.1086/110819. Bibcode1969AJ.....74..375C. 
  4. Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Washington. Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  5. Gomez, A. E.; Luri, X.; Grenier, S.; Figueras, F.; North, P.; Royer, F.; Torra, J.; Mennessier, M. O. (1998). "The HR-diagram from HIPPARCOS data. Absolute magnitudes and kinematics of BP - AP stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 336: 953. Bibcode1998A&A...336..953G. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Carrier, F.; North, P.; Udry, S.; Babel, J. (2002). "Multiplicity among chemically peculiar stars. II. Cool magnetic Ap stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 394: 151–169. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021122. Bibcode2002A&A...394..151C. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Alecian, E.; Tkachenko, A.; Neiner, C.; Folsom, C. P.; Leroy, B. (2016). "The magnetic field of the double-lined spectroscopic binary system HD 5550". Astronomy & Astrophysics 589: A47. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527355. Bibcode2016A&A...589A..47A. 
  8. Renson, P.; Manfroid, J. (2009). "Catalogue of Ap, Hg Mn and Am stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 498 (3): 961. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810788. Bibcode2009A&A...498..961R. https://zenodo.org/record/890529. 

Coordinates: Sky map 01h 04m 19.45s, ++61° 34′ 48.66″