Astronomy:Nu Serpentis

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Short description: A-type main sequence star in the constellation Serpens
Nu Serpentis
Serpens constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of ν Serpentis (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension  17h 20m 49.66149s[1]
Declination −12° 50′ 48.7533″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.32[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A2V[3]
U−B color index +0.04[4]
B−V color index +0.03[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+4.80[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +43.40[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +2.61[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)16.05 ± 0.26[1] mas
Distance203 ± 3 ly
(62 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.35[2]
Details
Mass2.64[6] M
Radius3.0[7] R
Luminosity76[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.95[8] cgs
Temperature9,120[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)123[6] km/s
Age350[10] Myr
Other designations
ν Ser, 53 Serpentis, BD−12°4722, FK5 3376, GC 23424, HD 156928, HIP 84880, HR 6446, SAO 160479, ADS 10481, CCDM J17208-1251A, WDS J17208-1251A, GSC 05653-01431[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

ν Serpentis, Latinized as Nu Serpentis, is a solitary[10] star in the Serpens Cauda section of the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It is a white-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.32.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 16.05 mas as seen from the Sun,[1] it is about 203 light years from the Sun. The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +5 km/s.[5]

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2V,[3] and is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core. It is 350[10] million years old with a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 123 km/s.[6] The star has 2.64[6] times the mass of the Sun and 3.0[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 76 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,120 K.[6] Nu Serpentis has an optical companion, a magnitude +9.4 star at an angular separation of 46 arcseconds.[12]

References

  1. 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. Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V.  Vizier catalog entry
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A.  Vizier catalog entry
  3. 3.0 3.1 Abt, Helmut A.; Morrell, Nidia I. (1995). "The Relation between Rotational Velocities and Spectral Peculiarities among A-Type Stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement 99: 135. doi:10.1086/192182. Bibcode1995ApJS...99..135A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers 42 (2): 443. Bibcode2014JAVSO..42..443M. Vizier catalog entry
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wilson, R. E. (1953). "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Carnegie Institution for Science). ISBN 9780598216885. Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 537: A120. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. Bibcode2012A&A...537A.120Z.  Vizier catalog entry
  7. 7.0 7.1 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. Bibcode1999A&A...352..555A.  Vizier catalog entry
  8. David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal 804 (2): 146. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. Bibcode2015ApJ...804..146D.  Vizier catalog entry
  9. Gontcharov, G. A. (2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters 38 (12): 771–782. doi:10.1134/S1063773712120031. Bibcode2012AstL...38..771G.  Vizier catalog entry
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 De Rosa, R. J. et al. (2013). "The VAST Survey - III. The multiplicity of A-type stars within 75 pc". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437 (2): 1216. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1932. Bibcode2014MNRAS.437.1216D. 
  11. "nu Ser". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=nu+Ser. 
  12. Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466. doi:10.1086/323920. Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M.  Vizier catalog entry

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