Astronomy:L1551 IRS 5

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Short description: Star in the constellation Taurus
L1551 IRS 5
HH 154 Spitzer.jpg
HH 154 in mid-infrared around L1551 IRS 5 (bright red star in the middle) and L1551 NE (less bright red star to the left)
Credit: NASA Spitzer Space Telescope
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension  04h 31m 34.077s[1]
Declination 18° 08′ 04.90″[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3V/M3III[2]
Astrometry
Distance450 ly
(140[3] pc)
Details
A
Mass0.68[3] M
Radius4[3] R
Luminosity4.2[3] L
B
Mass0.13[3] M
Other designations
L551 IRS 5, 2MASS J04313407+1808049, IRAS 04287+1801, WISE J043134.12+180804.9
Database references
SIMBADdata

L1551 IRS 5 is a protostellar envelope surrounding a binary protostar system in the constellation of Taurus 450 light-years from Earth. The binary system itself is known as L1551 NE,[4] and each star is surrounded by protoplanetary disk.[5] The system is one of Jim Kaler's The 100 greatest stars.[6]

The binary is surrounded by a complex, gas-rich protoplanetary disk system.[5]

The L1551 NE planetary system[5]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
North protoplanetary disk 13.3±3.5 AU 35±14°
South protoplanetary disk 14.0±5.0 AU 45±15°
Circumbinary protoplanetary disk 141.9±7.4 AU 61.5±1.7°

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E. et al. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2246: II/246. Bibcode2003yCat.2246....0C. http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=II/246. 
  2. Gramajo, Luciana V.; Rodón, Javier A.; Gómez, Mercedes (2014). "Spectral Energy Distribution Analysis of Class I and Class II FU Orionis Stars". The Astronomical Journal 147 (6): 140. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/140. Bibcode2014AJ....147..140G. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Takakuwa, Shigehisa; Saigo, Kazuya; Matsumoto, Tomoaki; Saito, Masao; Lim, Jeremy; Hanawa, Tomoyuki; Yen, Hsi-Wei; Ho, Paul T. P. (2017). "Spiral Arms, Infall, and Misalignment of the Circumbinary Disk from the Circumstellar Disks in the Protostellar Binary System L1551 NE". The Astrophysical Journal 837 (1): 86. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa6116. Bibcode2017ApJ...837...86T. 
  4. Takakuwa, Shigehisa; Kiyokane, Kazuhiro; Saigo, Kazuya; Saito, Masao (2015). "Dispersing Envelope around the Keplerian Circumbinary Disk in L1551 NE and Its Implications for Binary Growth". The Astrophysical Journal 814 (2): 160. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/160. Bibcode2015ApJ...814..160T. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cruz-Sáenz De Miera, Fernando; Kóspál, Ágnes; Ábrahám, Péter; Liu, Hauyu Baobab; Takami, Michihiro (2019), "Resolved ALMA Continuum Image of the Circumbinary Ring and Circumstellar Disks in the L1551 IRS 5 System", The Astrophysical Journal 882 (1): L4, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab39ea, Bibcode2019ApJ...882L...4C 
  6. "The 100 Greatest Stars". http://www.chronon.org/reviews/100stars.html. 

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