Astronomy:Nu Cancri
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Right ascension | 09h 02m 44.26543s[1] |
| Declination | +24° 27′ 10.4902″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.46[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A0 III[3] |
| U−B color index | −0.10[2] |
| B−V color index | −0.03[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −15.6±0.7[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −2.48[1] mas/yr Dec.: −7.67[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 8.31 ± 0.35[1] mas |
| Distance | 390 ± 20 ly (120 ± 5 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.05[5] |
| Orbit[6] | |
| Period (P) | 1401.4 d |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.35 |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2419687 Julian day |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 264° |
| Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 7.7 km/s |
| Details | |
| ν Cnc A | |
| Mass | 2.82±0.13[7] M☉ |
| Luminosity | 93[7] L☉ |
| Temperature | 10,250[7] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.20±0.04[5] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 18.9±0.4[7] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Nu Cancri, Latinised from ν Cancri, is a binary star[6] in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.46.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 8.31 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] the star is located roughly 390 light-years from the Sun.
This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 3.8 years and an eccentricity of 0.35. The primary, component A, is a white-hued A-type giant star with a stellar classification of A0 III.[3] It is a magnetic Ap star with a field strength of 846×10−4 T, showing abundance peculiarities in strontium, chromium and mercury.[7] The star has 2.8 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 93 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,250 K.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.
- ↑ 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 Royer, F. et al. (October 2002), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i", Astronomy and Astrophysics 393 (3): 897–911, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020943, Bibcode: 2002A&A...393..897R.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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 Pourbaix, D. et al. (2004), "SB9: The ninth catalogue of spectroscopic binary orbits", Astronomy & Astrophysics 424 (2): 727–732, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213, Bibcode: 2004A&A...424..727P.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Wraight, K. T. et al. (February 2012), "A photometric study of chemically peculiar stars with the STEREO satellites - I. Magnetic chemically peculiar stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 420 (1): 757–772, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20090.x, Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.420..757W.
- ↑ "nu. Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=nu.+Cnc.
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