Astronomy:HR 6594

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Short description: Binary star system in the constellation of Hercules
HR 6594
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension  17h 41m 58.632s[1]
Declination +15° 57′ 08.76″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.54[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence[3]
Spectral type F4 Vw[4]
U−B color index −0.05[5]
B−V color index +0.387±0.012[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−43.7[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.868[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +101.120[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)28.5131 ± 0.0532[1] mas
Distance114.4 ± 0.2 ly
(35.07 ± 0.07 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.74[7]
Details
HR 6594 A
Mass1.34[8] M
Radius0.97[9] R
Luminosity6.17[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.07[3] cgs
Temperature6,615[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.04[10] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)31.7[3] km/s
Age1.2[8] Gyr
Other designations
BD−16° 3256, HD 160910, HIP 86623, HR 6594, SAO 103033[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HR 6594 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for a binary star[12] system in the northern constellation of Hercules. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.54;[2] according to the Bortle scale, it is sufficiently bright to be visible from dark suburban skies. The distance to this system, as determined using parallax measurements,[1] is about 114 light years. It is drifting closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −43.7 km/s,[6] and is predicted to come as near as 47 light-years in 686,000 years.[2] On the celestial sphere it is located near the star Alpha Ophiuchi; their projected separation is just 3 light years, although their actual separation is much greater.[13]

The primary is an F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F4 Vw, where the w indicates relatively weak metallic features in the ultraviolet spectrum.[4] This star has 134% of the Sun's mass,[8] but only 97% of the solar radius.[9] It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 31.7 km/s,[3] and is around 1.2 billion years old.[8] The effective temperature of the outer atmosphere is 6,615 K,[3] giving it the yellow-white hue of an F-type star.[14] The abundance of elements other than hydrogen or helium, what astronomers term the metallicity, is similar to that in the Sun.[10]

It has a magnitude 9.38 companion star orbiting with a 144-year period, a semimajor axis spanning 1.04 arcseconds, and an eccentricity of 0.42.[12] There is a third, visual companion of magnitude 14.46 at an angular separation of 154.70 arcseconds along a position angle of 271°, as of 2001.[15]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brown, A. G. A. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. Bibcode2021A&A...649A...1G.  Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Schröder, C. et al. (January 2009), "Ca II HK emission in rapidly rotating stars. Evidence for an onset of the solar-type dynamo", Astronomy and Astrophysics 493 (3): 1099–1107, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810377, Bibcode2009A&A...493.1099S, http://goedoc.uni-goettingen.de/goescholar/bitstream/handle/1/9690/aa10377-08.pdf?sequence=2. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  4. 4.0 4.1 Barry, Don C. (1970), "Spectral Classification of A and F Stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement 19: 281, doi:10.1086/190209, Bibcode1970ApJS...19..281B. 
  5. Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data (SIMBAD), Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Wilson, R. E. (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Carnegie Institute of Washington D.C.), Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  7. Boesgaard, A. M.; Tripicco, M. J. (April 15, 1986), "Lithium in early F dwarfs", Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 303: 724–739, doi:10.1086/164120, Bibcode1986ApJ...303..724B. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 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. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Pasinetti-Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Stellar Diameters (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics 367: 521–524, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Casagrande, L. et al. (2011), "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey", Astronomy & Astrophysics 530 (A138): 21, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276, Bibcode2011A&A...530A.138C. 
  11. "HR 6594". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HR+6594. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 Malkov, O. Yu. et al. (October 2012), "Dynamical masses of a selected sample of orbital binaries", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 5, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219774, A69, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..69M. 
  13. Redfield, Seth et al. (June 2007), "Spitzer Limits on Dust Emission and Optical Gas Absorption Variability around Nearby Stars with Edge-on Circumstellar Disk Signatures", The Astrophysical Journal 661 (2): 944–971, doi:10.1086/517516, Bibcode2007ApJ...661..944R. 
  14. "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), December 21, 2004, http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/senior/astrophysics/photometry_colour.html, retrieved 2012-01-16. 
  15. Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466–3471, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M, http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=B/wds, retrieved 2015-07-22.