Astronomy:Mu2 Cancri
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| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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| Constellation | Cancer |
| Right ascension | 08h 07m 45.856s[1] |
| Declination | +21° 34′ 54.53″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.30[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | Subgiant[3] |
| Spectral type | G2 IV[4] |
| U−B color index | +0.21[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.63[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −36.0±0.1[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +23.227[1] mas/yr Dec.: −67.764[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 41.9916 ± 0.0841[1] mas |
| Distance | 77.7 ± 0.2 ly (23.81 ± 0.05 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +3.46[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.192+0.017 −0.016[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.830±0.037[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 3.645±0.017[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.97±0.02[7] cgs |
| Temperature | 5,809±59[7] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.11[7] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.7±0.3[6] km/s |
| Age | 5.64+0.35 −0.14[7] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Mu2 Cancri is a solitary,[9] yellow-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from μ2 Cancri, and abbreviated Mu2 Cnc or μ2 Cnc. This star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.30.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 42.36 mas as seen from Earth,[1] this star is located 77.7 light-years (23.8 pc) away from the Sun. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −36 km/s[5] and will make its closest approach in about 611,100 years when it passes at a distance of 16.8 light-years (5.2 parsecs).[10]
At the estimated age of 5.6 billion years,[7] Mu2 Cancri is an evolving G-type subgiant star[3] with a stellar classification of G2 IV.[4] It has 1.2[7] times the mass of the Sun and 1.8[1] times the Sun's radius. Mu2 Cancri has relatively high metallicity—what astronomers term the abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium—having a 29% higher abundance compared to the Sun.[7] It is radiating 3.65[1] times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of 5,809 K.[7] The star is spinning with a leisurely projected rotational velocity of 3.7 km/s.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99): 99, Bibcode: 1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Abt, Helmut A. (May 2019), "The Evolutionary Status of GK Subgiants", The Astronomical Journal 157 (5): 5, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab11c6, 177, Bibcode: 2019AJ....157..177A.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gray, R. O. et al. (July 2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 parsecs: The Northern Sample I", The Astronomical Journal 132 (1): 161–170, doi:10.1086/504637, Bibcode: 2006AJ....132..161G.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..61D.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ammler-von Eiff, Matthias; Reiners, Ansgar (June 2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics 542: A116, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, Bibcode: 2012A&A...542A.116A.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Ramírez, I. et al. (February 2013), "Oxygen abundances in nearby FGK stars and the galactic chemical evolution of the local disk and halo", The Astrophysical Journal 764 (1): 78, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/764/1/78, Bibcode: 2013ApJ...764...78R.
- ↑ "mu.02 Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=mu.02+Cnc.
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E.
- ↑ Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. et al. (2018), "New stellar encounters discovered in the second Gaia data release", Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A37, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833456, Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A..37B.
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