Astronomy:Nu Piscium

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Short description: Star in the constellation Pisces
Nu Piscium
Location of ν Piscium (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Pisces[1]
Right ascension  01h 41m 25.89414s[2]
Declination +05° 29′ 15.4018″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.44[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3 IIIb[3]
B−V color index 1.37[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)0.6±0.18[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −23.323[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 3.505[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.9275 ± 0.1567[2] mas
Distance365 ± 6 ly
(112 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.78[1]
Details
ν Psc A
Mass1.66[3] M
Radius34.58+0.81
−0.83
[4] R
Luminosity380[3] L
Surface gravity (log g)1.91[5] cgs
Temperature4,154[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.16[5] dex
Age3.41[3] Gyr
Other designations
ν Psc, 106 Piscium, BD+04°293, FK5 56, HD 10380, HIP 7884, HR 489, SAO 110065[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Nu Piscium (ν Piscium) is an orange-hued binary star[7] system in the zodiac constellation of Pisces. Prior to the formation of the modern constellation boundaries in 1930, it was designated 51 Ceti in the Cetus constellation.[8] Nu Piscium is visible to the naked eye, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.44.[3] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 8.98 mas as seen from Earth,[2] it is located about 365 light years from the Sun.

The primary, component A, is an evolved, K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K3 IIIb.[3] It is a weak barium star, indicating that the atmosphere was previously enriched by accretion of s-process elements from what is now a white dwarf companion.[9] The giant has 1.66[3] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to about 35[4] times the Sun's radius. It is about 3.4 billion years old and is radiating 380 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,154 K.[3]

Naming

In Chinese, 外屏 (Wài Píng), meaning Outer Fence, refers to an asterism consisting of ν Piscium, δ Piscium, ε Piscium, ζ Piscium, μ Piscium, ξ Piscium and α Piscium. Consequently, the Chinese name for ν Piscium itself is 外屏五 (Wài Píng wu, English: the Fifth Star of Outer Fence.)[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A.  XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Luck, R. Earle (September 2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 23, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88, 88, Bibcode2015AJ....150...88L. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Baines, Ellyn K.; Thomas Armstrong, J.; Clark, James H.; Gorney, Jim; Hutter, Donald J.; Jorgensen, Anders M.; Kyte, Casey; Mozurkewich, David et al. (2021). "Angular Diameters and Fundamental Parameters of Forty-four Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer". The Astronomical Journal 162 (5): 198. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac2431. Bibcode2021AJ....162..198B. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Prugniel, Ph.; Vauglin, I.; Koleva, M. (July 2011), "The atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics 531: A165, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116769, Bibcode2011A&A...531A.165P. 
  6. "nu. Psc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=nu.+Psc. 
  7. McDonald, I. et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M. 
  8. Wagman, M. (August 1987), "Flamsteed's Missing Stars", Journal for the History of Astronomy 18 (3): 215, doi:10.1177/002182868701800305, Bibcode1987JHA....18..209W. 
  9. Gomez, A. E. et al. (1997), "Absolute magnitudes and kinematics of barium stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 319: 881, Bibcode1997A&A...319..881G. 
  10. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 19 日