Astronomy:Nu Aurigae
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| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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| Constellation | Auriga |
| Right ascension | 05h 51m 29.40040s[1] |
| Declination | +39° 08′ 54.5428″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 3.957[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G9.5 III Fe1 Ba0.2 + wd[3] |
| U−B color index | +1.084[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.138[2] |
| R−I color index | 0.56 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +9.92 ± 0.14[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +8.48[1] mas/yr Dec.: +0.39[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 15.17 ± 0.88[1] mas |
| Distance | 220 ± 10 ly (66 ± 4 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.27[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.12[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 19[4] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 135[4] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.4[4] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,571[4] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | –0.14[4] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 5.0[4] km/s |
| Age | 1.11[6] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Nu Aurigae, Latinised from ν Aurigae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.96[2] and is approximately 220 light-years (67 parsecs) distant from the Earth. This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of G9.5 III.[8] It is a red clump star, which indicates that it is generating energy through the fusion of helium at its core.[9] The outer envelope has expanded to 19 times the radius of the Sun and cooled to 4,571 K,[4] giving it the characteristic yellow-hued glow of a G-type star. It shines with 135 times the luminosity of the Sun.[4]
This is an astrometric binary with a suspected white dwarf companion.[3] A 10th-magnitude star 54.6 arcseconds away is an optical companion.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Leeuwen, Floor (November 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. Note: see VizieR catalogue I/311.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Oja, T. (August 1986), "UBV photometry of stars whose positions are accurately known. III", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 65 (2): 405–409, Bibcode: 1986A&AS...65..405O.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Massarotti, Alessandro et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity", The Astronomical Journal 135 (1): 209–231, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209, Bibcode: 2008AJ....135..209M.
- ↑ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 88, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88, Bibcode: 2015AJ....150...88L.
- ↑ "* 32 Aur". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+32+Aur.
- ↑ Eggen, O. J. (1962), "Space-velocity vectors for 3483 stars with proper motion and radial velocity", Royal Observatory Bulletin 51: 79, Bibcode: 1962RGOB...51...79E.
- ↑ Valentini, M.; Munari, U. (November 2010), "A spectroscopic survey of faint, high-Galactic-latitude red clump stars. I. The high resolution sample", Astronomy and Astrophysics 522: A79, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014870, Bibcode: 2010A&A...522A..79V, http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/jspui/handle/2268/142442.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
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