Astronomy:MWC 480
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Auriga |
| Right ascension | 04h 58m 46.2654s[2] |
| Declination | +29° 50′ 36.990″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.62[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A3psh3+[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 4.793[2] mas/yr Dec.: -25.348[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 6.1815 ± 0.0761[2] mas |
| Distance | 528 ± 6 ly (162 ± 2 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.7-2.3[5] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.67[4] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 11.2[4] L☉ |
| Temperature | 8250[3] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 102.0 ± 5.0[6] km/s |
| Age | 6–7.1[5] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
MWC 480 is a single[4] star, about 500 light-years away in the constellation of Auriga. It is located in the Taurus-Auriga Star-Forming Region.[8] The name refers to the Mount Wilson Catalog of B and A stars with bright hydrogen lines in their spectra.[9] With an apparent magnitude of 7.62,[3] it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye.
Properties
File:Artist impression of the protoplanetary disc surrounding the young star MWC 480.webm MWC 480 is a young Herbig Ae/Be star, a class of young stars with spectral types of A or B, but are quite young and are still not main-sequence stars. MWC 480 is about 7 million years old.[5] It is about twice the mass of the Sun,[5] and is estimated to be about 1.67 solar radii.[4]
MWC 480 has X-ray emissions typical of a pre-main-sequence Herbig Ae/Be star but with an order of magnitude more photoelectric absorption.[4] It has a gas-dust envelope and is surrounded by a protoplanetary disc that is about 11% the mass of the Sun.[5] The disc is inclined about 37° towards the line of sight, on a position angle of about 148°.[5] Astronomers using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) have found that the protoplanetary disc surrounding MWC 480 contains large amounts of methyl cyanide (CH3CN), a complex carbon-based molecule.[10] Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) has also been detected in the disc.[11] No signs of planet formation have yet been detected.
Planetary system
In 2021, an imaging of the gas flows in the circumstellar disk has suggested a presence of shrouded Jupiter-mass planet about 245 AU from the star.[12]
References
- ↑ "ASAS-SN Variable Stars Database". ASAS-SN. https://asas-sn.osu.edu/variables/lookup.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mendigutía, I.; Mora, A.; Montesinos, B.; Eiroa, C.; Meeus, G.; Merín, B.; Oudmaijer, R. D. (2012). "Accretion-related properties of Herbig Ae/Be stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 543: A59. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219110.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Grady, C. A.; Hamaguchi, K.; Schneider, G.; Stecklum, B.; Woodgate, B. E.; McCleary, J. E.; Williger, G. M.; Sitko, M. L. et al. (2010). "Locating the Accretion Footprint on a Herbig Ae Star: MWC 480". The Astrophysical Journal 719 (2): 1565–1581. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/719/2/1565. Bibcode: 2010ApJ...719.1565G. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/physastro_pubs/143.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Loomis, Ryan A.; Öberg, Karin I.; Andrews, Sean M.; Bergin, Edwin; Bergner, Jennifer; Blake, Geoffrey A.; Cleeves, L. Ilsedore; Czekala, Ian et al. (2020). "An Unbiased ALMA Spectral Survey of the Lk Ca 15 and MWC 480 Protoplanetary Disks". The Astrophysical Journal 893 (2): 101. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab7cc8. Bibcode: 2020ApJ...893..101L.
- ↑ Mora, A.; Merín, B.; Solano, E.; Montesinos, B.; De Winter, D.; Eiroa, C.; Ferlet, R.; Grady, C. A. et al. (2001). "EXPORT: Spectral classification and projected rotational velocities of Vega-type and pre-main sequence stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 378: 116. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011098. Bibcode: 2001A&A...378..116M.
- ↑ "HD 31648". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+31648.
- ↑ K. L. Luhman (2010). "The Disk Population of the Taurus Star-Forming Region". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 186 (1): 111–174. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/186/1/111. Bibcode: 2010ApJS..186..111L.
- ↑ "Catalog of Resolved Circumstellar Disks". Circumstellardisks.org. http://www.circumstellardisks.org/show.php?id=101.
- ↑ "Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System". Eso.org. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1513/.
- ↑ "Complex Organic Molecules Discovered Around Star MWC 480". Science 2.0. 7 April 2015. http://www.science20.com/news_articles/complex_organic_molecules_discovered_around_star_mwc_480-154667.
- ↑ Teague, Richard; Bae, Jaehan; Aikawa, Yuri; Andrews, Sean M.; Bergin, Edwin A.; Bergner, Jennifer B.; Boehler, Yann; Booth, Alice S. et al. (2021), "Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XVIII. Kinematic Substructures in the Disks of HD 163296 and MWC 480", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 257 (1): 18, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac1438, Bibcode: 2021ApJS..257...18T
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