Astronomy:Iota Arae
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| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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| Constellation | Ara |
| Right ascension | 17h 23m 16.07624s[1] |
| Declination | −47° 28′ 05.5057″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.18 - 5.26[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B2 IIIne[3] |
| U−B color index | −0.82[4] |
| B−V color index | −0.11[4] |
| R−I color index | −0.08 |
| Variable type | BE[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −19[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −6.209[1] mas/yr Dec.: −17.699[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.5613 ± 0.0904[1] mas |
| Distance | 920 ± 20 ly (281 ± 7 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.06[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 8.3±0.4[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 6.3[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 10,864[8] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.18[8] cgs |
| Temperature | 20,172[1] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 340[8] km/s |
| Age | 30.0±7.4[7] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Iota Arae, Latinized from ι Arae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern constellation of Ara. It is 920 light-years (281 parsecs) from Earth, give or take a 20 light-year margin of error, and has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.2. Based upon the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, this means the star is visible to the naked eye from suburban skies.
This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of B2 IIIne.[3] The 'e' notation indicates the spectrum displays emission lines, which means this is a Be star that is surrounded by hot, circumstellar gas. It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 340 km/s. The Doppler effect from this rotation is causing the absorption lines to widen and become nebulous, as indicated by the 'n' notation in the stellar class.
Iota Arae has around 8.3 times the mass of the Sun and is shining brightly with 10,864 times the Sun's luminosity. This energy is being radiated into space from the outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 20,172 K, giving it the characteristic blue-white hue of a B-type star.[11] The General Catalog of Variable Stars classifies it as a BE variable star, ranging from visual magnitude 5.18 to 5.26 with a period of 13.36 hours.[2] In a study of the Hipparcos data, it was found to vary in brightness by 0.054 in magnitude with no clear period.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. Bibcode: 2009yCat....102025S.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hiltner, W. A.; Garrison, R. F.; Schild, R. E. (July 1969). "MK Spectral Types for Bright Southern OB Stars". Astrophysical Journal 157: 313. doi:10.1086/150069. Bibcode: 1969ApJ...157..313H.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kozok, J. R. (September 1985). "Photometric observations of emission B-stars in the southern Milky Way". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 61: 387–405. Bibcode: 1985A&AS...61..387K.
- ↑ Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966). "Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 30". in Alan Henry, Batten; John Frederick, Heard. 30. University of Toronto: International Astronomical Union. 57. Bibcode: 1967IAUS...30...57E.
- ↑ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (January 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. Bibcode: 2011MNRAS.410..190T.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Zorec, J. et al. (November 2016). "Critical study of the distribution of rotational velocities of Be stars. I. Deconvolution methods, effects due to gravity darkening, macroturbulence, and binarity". Astronomy & Astrophysics 595: 26. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628760. Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A.132Z.
- ↑ "iot Ara". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=iot+Ara.
- ↑ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Lefèvre, L. et al. (November 2009). "A systematic study of variability among OB-stars based on HIPPARCOS photometry". Astronomy and Astrophysics 507 (2): 11411201. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912304. Bibcode: 2009A&A...507.1141L.
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