Astronomy:Kappa2 Apodis

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Short description: Double star in the constellation Apus


κ2 Apodis
Location of κ2 Apodis (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Apus[1]
Right ascension  15h 40m 21.355s[2]
Declination −73° 26′ 48.00″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.65[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B7 III-IV + K0 V[4]
U−B color index –0.38[3]
B−V color index –0.04[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−19.0[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −15.517[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −26.408[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.5583 ± 0.0823[2] mas
Distance720 ± 10 ly
(219 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.24[1] + 6.50[6]
Details
κ2 Aps A
Mass4.995±0.250[7] M
Radius5.555±0.278[7] R
Luminosity316[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.86[8] cgs
Temperature12,646[8] K
Age130[8] Myr
κ2 Aps C[8]
Luminosity0.25[6] L
Temperature5,127[6] K
Other designations
κ2 Apodis, Kap2 Aps, κ2 Aps, CPD−73°1625, HD 138800, HIP 76750, HR 5782, SAO 257307[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Kappa2 Apodis is a double star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus. Its identifier is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from κ2 Apodis, and abbreviated Kap2 Aps or κ2 Aps, respectively. This star is located at a distance of approximately 720 light-years (220 parsecs) from Earth, based upon parallax measurements with a 1.4% margin of error.[2] They are approaching the Sun with a radial velocity of −19 km/s.[5] The pair have a combined apparent visual magnitude of +5.65,[3] which makes the system faintly visible to the naked eye.

The brighter star, designated κ2 Aps A, has a stellar classification of B7 III-IV, with the luminosity class of III-IV suggesting that it may lie in an intermediate stage between a subgiant and a giant star.[10] Based on observations with TESS, it is a pulsating B star of the Maia type.[11] This star is about 130[8] million years old with an estimated 5 times the mass and 5.6 times the radius of the Sun.[7] It is radiating 316[8] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,646 K.[8]

A faint companion, κ2 Aps C,[8] is a K-type main sequence star with a classification of K0 V. It has a visual magnitude of 12.5 and an angular separation of 15 arcseconds from the brighter member.[4] The pair have a projected separation of around 2,520 au.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99): 99, Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869–879, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington), Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Lindroos, K. P. (May 1985), "A study of visual double stars with early type primaries. IV. Astrophysical data", Astronomy and Astrophysics 60: 183–221, Bibcode1985A&AS...60..183L. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Kervella, Pierre et al. (March 2019), "Stellar and substellar companions of nearby stars from Gaia DR2. Binarity from proper motion anomaly", Astronomy & Astrophysics 623: 23, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834371, A72, Bibcode2019A&A...623A..72K. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Gerbaldi, M. et al. (2001), "Binary systems with post-T Tauri secondaries", Astronomy & Astrophysics 379 (1): 162–184, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011298, ISSN 0004-6361, Bibcode2001A&A...379..162G. 
  9. "HR 5782". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HR+5782. 
  10. Houk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 1, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1975mcts.book.....H. 
  11. Balona, L. A.; Ozuyar, D. (2020), "Pulsation among TESS a and B stars and the Maia variables", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 493 (4): 5871, doi:10.1093/mnras/staa670, Bibcode2020MNRAS.493.5871B.