Astronomy:Phi Boötis

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Short description: Star in the constellation of Boötes
Phi Boötis
Location of φ Boötis (circled in red)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Boötes
Right ascension  15h 37m 49.598s[1]
Declination +40° 21′ 12.36″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.24[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red clump[3]
Spectral type G7 III-IV Fe-2[4]
U−B color index +0.53[2]
B−V color index +0.88[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−10.62±0.30[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +61.380[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +59.791[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)18.5752 ± 0.0555[1] mas
Distance175.6 ± 0.5 ly
(53.8 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.67[6]
Details
Mass1.43[6] M
Radius5[5] R
Luminosity17[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.82±0.14[7] cgs
Temperature4,945±57[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.51±0.06[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.0[5] km/s
Age3.16[6] Gyr
Other designations
φ Boo, 54 Boötis, BD+40°2907, FK5 580, GC 21032, HD 139641, HIP 76534, HR 5823, SAO 45643[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Phi Boötis is a single,[9] yellow-hued star in the northern constellation of Boötes. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from φ Boötis, and abbreviated Phi Boo or φ Boo. This star is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.24.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 18.58 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] it is located 176 light-years (54 pc) from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.09 due to interstellar dust.[6] It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −10.6 km/s.[5]

The stellar classification of Phi Boötis is G7 III-IV Fe-2,[4] which would suggest it is an evolving G-type star that shows spectral traits of both a subgiant and a giant star. However, Alves (2000) has it listed as a member of the so-called "red clump", indicating that it is an aging giant star that is generating energy through helium fusion at its core.[3] The 'Fe-2' suffix notation in its class means that it displays a significant underabundance of iron in its spectrum. Around three billion years old,[6] Phi Boötis has an estimated 1.43[6] times the mass of the Sun and 5[5] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 17[5] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of about 4,945 K.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
  2. 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, Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal 539 (2): 732–741, doi:10.1086/309278, Bibcode2000ApJ...539..732A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 71: 245, doi:10.1086/191373, Bibcode1989ApJS...71..245K. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 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 6.3 6.4 6.5 Takeda, Yoichi et al. (August 2008), "Stellar Parameters and Elemental Abundances of Late-G Giants", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 60 (4): 781–802, doi:10.1093/pasj/60.4.781, Bibcode2008PASJ...60..781T. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Prugniel, Ph. et al. (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. 
  8. "phi Boo". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=phi+Boo. 
  9. 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. 

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