Astronomy:Pi Serpentis

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Short description: Solitary, white-hued star in the constellation Serpens
Pi Serpentis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension  16h 02m 17.69166s[1]
Declination +22° 48′ 16.0302″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.82[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3 V[3]
U−B color index +0.10[2]
B−V color index +0.06[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−28.2±4.2[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +4.03[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +23.60[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)18.22 ± 0.26[1] mas
Distance179 ± 3 ly
(54.9 ± 0.8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.12[5]
Details
Mass2.50[6] M
Radius2.27[7] R
Luminosity27[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.040[9] cgs
Temperature7,566±12[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.380[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)128[11] km/s
Age320[6] Myr
Other designations
π Ser, 44 Serpentis, BD+23° 2886, FK5 3268, HD 143894, HIP 78554, HR 5972, SAO 84155[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Pi Serpentis, Latinized from π Serpentis, is a solitary[13] white-hued star in the constellation Serpens, located in its head, Serpens Caput. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 18.22 mas as seen from Earth, it is located around 179 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.82.[2]

This is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A3 V.[3] It is about 320[6] million years old with a high rate of spin, measured at a 128[11] km/s projected rotational velocity. The star has an estimated 2.50[6] times the mass of the Sun and 2.27[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 27[8] times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,566 K.[10]

In 1992, an infrared excess was detected from this system at a wavelength of 60μm.[14] The data suggests a dusty debris disk with a temperature of 45 K is orbiting 211 AU from the host star.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data (SIMBAD), Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cowley, A. et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406, doi:10.1086/110819, Bibcode1969AJ.....74..375C. 
  4. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  5. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 De Rosa, R. J. et al. (January 2014), "The VAST Survey - III. The multiplicity of A-type stars within 75 pc", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437 (2): 1216–1240, doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1932, Bibcode2014MNRAS.437.1216D. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Rhee, Joseph H. et al. (May 2007), "Characterization of Dusty Debris Disks: The IRAS and Hipparcos Catalogs", The Astrophysical Journal 660 (2): 1556–1571, doi:10.1086/509912, Bibcode2007ApJ...660.1556R. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 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. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Soubiran, C. et al. (June 2010), "The PASTEL catalogue of stellar parameters", Astronomy and Astrophysics 515: A111, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014247, Bibcode2010A&A...515A.111S. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Muñoz Bermejo, J. et al. (May 2013), "A PCA approach to stellar effective temperatures", Astronomy and Astrophysics 453: A95, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220961, Bibcode2013A&A...553A..95M. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Royer, F. et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics 463 (2): 671–682, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224, Bibcode2007A&A...463..671R. 
  12. "* pi. Ser". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+pi.+Ser. 
  13. Rodriguez, David R.; Zuckerman, B. (February 2012), "Binaries among Debris Disk Stars", The Astrophysical Journal 745 (2): 147, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/745/2/147, Bibcode2012ApJ...745..147R. 
  14. Cheng, K.-P. et al. (September 1992), "Newly identified main-sequence A stars with circumstellar dust", Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 396 (2): L83–L86, doi:10.1086/186522, Bibcode1992ApJ...396L..83C.