Astronomy:Nu Serpentis

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Short description: A-type main sequence star in the constellation Serpens
Nu Serpentis
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. Bibcode: 2007A&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. Bibcode: 2012AstL...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. Bibcode: 1995ApJS...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. Bibcode: 2014JAVSO..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. Bibcode: 1953GCRV..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. Bibcode: 2012A&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. Bibcode: 1999A&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. Bibcode: 2015ApJ...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. Bibcode: 2012AstL...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. Bibcode: 2014MNRAS.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. Bibcode: 2001AJ....122.3466M.  Vizier catalog entry