Astronomy:Mu Sculptoris
Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Sculptor |
Right ascension | 23h 40m 38.14898s[1] |
Declination | −32° 04′ 23.2478″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.30[2] (5.30 – 5.33)[3] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | giant |
Spectral type | K1 III[4] |
U−B color index | +0.69[5] |
B−V color index | +0.97[6] |
Variable type | suspected[3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +15.79±0.12[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −91.30[7] mas/yr Dec.: −53.29[7] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 11.6622 ± 0.1228[1] mas |
Distance | 280 ± 3 ly (85.7 ± 0.9 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.54[2] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.32[8] M☉ |
Radius | 10.88+0.16 −0.13[1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 61.4±0.8[1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.50[8] cgs |
Temperature | 4,899+29 −35[1] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.21[2] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.6[9] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
μ Sculptoris, Latinized as Mu Sculptoris, is a solitary,[11] orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.30.[2] This star is located approximately 291 light years from the Sun based on parallax,[7] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +16 km/s.[1]
This object is an aging K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III.[4] Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, this star expanded and cooled off the main sequence. At present it has 11[1] times the girth of the Sun. It is a suspected variable star of unknown type, with its brightness measured as varying from magnitude 5.30 down to 5.33.[3] The star has 1.32[8] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 61[1] times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4899 K.[1]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A. Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 Samus, N. N. et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars". Astronomy Reports. 5.1 61 (1): 80–88. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. Bibcode: 2017ARep...61...80S.
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "Bright Star Catalogue". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H 5050. Bibcode: 1995yCat.5050....0H.
- ↑ Mermilliod, J. C. (2006). "Homogeneous Means in the UBV System". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: II/168. Originally Published in: Institut d'Astronomie 2168. Bibcode: 2006yCat.2168....0M.Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers 42 (2): 443. Bibcode: 2014JAVSO..42..443M.Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 7.2 Van Leeuwen, F. (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. Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ Jump up to: 8.0 8.1 8.2 Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (1999). "Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: Masses, radii and effective temperatures". Astronomy and Astrophysics 352: 555–562. Bibcode: 1999A&A...352..555A. Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 561: A126. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. Bibcode: 2014A&A...561A.126D. Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ "mu Scl". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=mu+Scl.
- ↑ 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.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu Sculptoris.
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