Astronomy:Omega1 Tauri

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Short description: Star in the constellation Taurus


Omega1 Tauri
Location of ω1 Tauri (circled in red)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension  04h 07m 09.97s[1]
Declination +19° 36′ 33.2″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.51[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage horizontal branch[3]
Spectral type K2 III[2]
B−V color index 1.077[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+24.75±0.02[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −65.05[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −60.50[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)11.22 ± 0.70[1] mas
Distance290 ± 20 ly
(89 ± 6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.76[2]
Details
Mass1.53[4] M
Radius12[5] R
Luminosity57.5[4] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.5[6] cgs
Temperature4,737±77[4] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.12[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)4.6[5] km/s
Age4.21[4] Gyr
Other designations
ω1 Tau, 43 Tau, BD+19°672, FK5 1115, HD 26162, HIP 19388, HR 1283, SAO 93785[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Omega1 Tauri is a solitary,[8] orange hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.51.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 11.22 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located about 290 light years from the Sun.

This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III.[2] At the estimated age of 4.2 billion years,[4] it is a red clump star that is generating energy by helium fusion at its core.[6] Omega1 Tauri has about 1.5[4] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to around 12[5] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 57.5 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,737 K.[4] The radial velocity of this star shows no appreciable variation, and for this reason it is used as a radial velocity standard.[2]

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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Hekker, S. et al. (August 2006), "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. I. Stable stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 454 (3): 943–949, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20064946, Bibcode2006A&A...454..943H. 
  3. Stock, Stephan; Reffert, Sabine; Quirrenbach, Andreas (2018). "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. X. Bayesian stellar parameters and evolutionary stages for 372 giant stars from the Lick planet search". Astronomy and Astrophysics 616: A33. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833111. Bibcode2018A&A...616A..33S. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 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, Bibcode2015AJ....150...88L. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 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, Bibcode2008AJ....135..209M. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Tautvaišienė, G. et al. (March 2013), "Red clump stars of the Milky Way - laboratories of extra-mixing", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 430 (1): 621−627, doi:10.1093/mnras/sts663, Bibcode2013MNRAS.430..621T. 
  7. "ome01 Tau". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ome01+Tau. 
  8. 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, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E.