Astronomy:Kappa Phoenicis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Phoenix
Kappa Phoenicis
Phoenix constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of κ Phoenicis (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension  00h 26m 12.20183s[1]
Declination −43° 40′ 47.3929″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.94[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A5IVn[3]
U−B color index +0.11[2]
B−V color index +0.17[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+11.30[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +106.20[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +32.15[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)42.00 ± 0.15[1] mas
Distance77.7 ± 0.3 ly
(23.81 ± 0.09 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.05[3]
Details
Mass1.74[5] M
Radius2.03+0.10
−0.19
[6] R
Luminosity10.7±0.1[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.30[5] cgs
Temperature7,320+369
−176
[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.04[3] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)245.0[7] km/s
Age348[5] Myr
Other designations
κ Phe, CD−44°101, GC 516, GJ 20, HD 2262, HIP 2072, HR 100, SAO 215092[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

κ Phoenicis, Latinized as Kappa Phoenicis, is a single[9] star in the southern constellation of Phoenix. It is visible to the naked eye as a white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.94.[2] The distance to this star is approximately 77.7 light years based on parallax,[1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +11 km/s.[4] It is a member of the Castor Moving Group of co-moving stars.[10]

This object has a stellar classification of A5IVn,[3] which matches the spectrum of an A-type subgiant star with "nebulous" lines due to rapid rotation. It is 348[5] million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 245 km/s.[7] The star has 1.7[5] times the mass of the Sun and 2.0[6] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 10.7[6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,320 K.[6] The star displays an infrared excess that matches the signature of a debris disk orbiting astronomical unit|AU from the host star with a temperature of 170 K.[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V.  Vizier catalog entry
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR On-Line Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2237. Bibcode2002yCat.2237....0D. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A.  Vizier catalog entry
  4. 4.0 4.1 Evans, D. S. (1967). "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities". Determination of Radial Velocities and Their Applications 30: 57. Bibcode1967IAUS...30...57E. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 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.  Vizier catalog entry
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Glebocki, R.; Gnacinski, P. (2005). "Catalog of Stellar Rotational Velocities". VizieR On-Line Data Catalog: III/244. Originally Published in: 2005csss...13..571G 3244. Bibcode2005yCat.3244....0G.  Vizier catalog entry
  8. "kap Phe". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=kap+Phe. 
  9. 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. 
  10. Vereshchagin, S. V.; Chupina, N. V. (2015). "Details of the spatial structure and kinematics of the Castor and Ursa Major streams". Baltic Astronomy 24 (4): 421–425. doi:10.1515/astro-2017-0244. Bibcode2015BaltA..24..421V. 
  11. Cotten, Tara H.; Song, Inseok (July 2016). "A Comprehensive Census of Nearby Infrared Excess Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 225 (1): 24. doi:10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/15. 15. Bibcode2016ApJS..225...15C.