Astronomy:Kappa Aquilae
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| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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| Constellation | Aquila |
| Right ascension | 19h 36m 53.44952s[1] |
| Declination | –7° 01′ 38.9176″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.957[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B0.5 III[3] |
| U−B color index | –0.861[2] |
| B−V color index | –0.028[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | –19.4[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +1.63[1] mas/yr Dec.: –2.65[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 1.94 ± 0.20[1] mas |
| Distance | approx. 1,700 ly (approx. 520 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −3.60[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 15.50 ± 0.61[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 12.5[7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 52,630[6] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.5[8] cgs |
| Temperature | 26,500[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.16[5] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 265[9] km/s |
| Age | 11.1 ± 0.5[3] Myr |
| Other designations | |
κ Aql, 39 Aquilae, BD–07 5006, FK5 737, HD 184915, HIP 96483, HR 7446, SAO 143600.[10] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Kappa Aquilae, Latinized from κ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. It is a faint star at apparent visual magnitude +4.957,[2] but bright enough to be seen with the naked eye in dark suburban skies. The annual parallax is only 1.94 mas,[1] which equates to a distance of approximately 1,700 light-years (520 parsecs) from Earth (with a 10% margin of error).
The spectrum of Kappa Aquilae matches a stellar classification of B0.5 III,[3] where the luminosity class of III is typically associated with evolved giant stars. This is a star with 15.50[6] times the Sun's mass and 12.5[7] times the radius of the Sun. Massive stars like this blaze brightly; it is radiating 52,630-fold[6] the Sun's luminosity from its outer atmosphere with an effective temperature of 26,500 K,[6] giving it the intense blue-white glow of a B-type star. It is only 11 million years of age[3] and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 265 km/s.[9]
Etymology
In Chinese, 右旗 (Yòu Qí), meaning Right Flag, refers to an asterism consisting of κ Aquilae, μ Aquilae, σ Aquilae, δ Aquilae, ν Aquilae, 42 Aquilae, ι Aquilae, HD 184701 and 56 Aquilae.[11] Consequently, the Chinese name for κ Aquilae itself is 右旗八 (Yòu Qí bā, English: the Eighth Star of Right Flag.)[12]
This star, together with η Aql, θ Aql, δ Aql, ι Aql and λ Aql were once part of the now-obsolete constellation Antinous.[13]
References
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gutierrez-Moreno, Adelina et al. (1966), "A System of photometric standards", Publications of the Department of Astronomy University of Chile (Publicaciones Universidad de Chile, Department de Astronomy) 1: 1–17, Bibcode: 1966PDAUC...1....1G.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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.
- ↑ Wielen, R. et al. (1999), "Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars (FK6). Part I. Basic fundamental stars with direct solutions", Veroeffentlichungen des Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts Heidelberg (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg) 35 (35): 1, Bibcode: 1999VeARI..35....1W.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Hohle, M. M.; Neuhäuser, R.; Schutz, B. F. (April 2010), "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants", Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349, doi:10.1002/asna.200911355, Bibcode: 2010AN....331..349H.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Underhill, A. B. et al. (November 1979), "Effective temperatures, angular diameters, distances and linear radii for 160 O and B stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 189 (3): 601–605, doi:10.1093/mnras/189.3.601, Bibcode: 1979MNRAS.189..601U.
- ↑ Frémat, Y. et al. (September 2005), "Effects of gravitational darkening on the determination of fundamental parameters in fast-rotating B-type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 440 (1): 305–320, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042229, Bibcode: 2005A&A...440..305F.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Abt, Helmut A.; Levato, Hugo; Grosso, Monica (July 2002), "Rotational Velocities of B Stars", The Astrophysical Journal 573 (1): 359–365, doi:10.1086/340590, Bibcode: 2002ApJ...573..359A.
- ↑ "* kap Aql". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+kap+Aql.
- ↑ (in Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN:978-986-7332-25-7.
- ↑ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 3 日
- ↑ Ian Ridpath's Star Tales - Antinous
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