Astronomy:Psi Capricorni

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Short description: Star in the constellation Capricornus
Psi Capricorni
Location of ψ Capricorni (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Capricornus
Right ascension  20h 46m 05.733s[1]
Declination −25° 16′ 15.23″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.13[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type F5 V[3]
U−B color index −0.03[2]
B−V color index +0.42[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+20.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −52.557[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −156.935[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)68.3370 ± 0.1823[1] mas
Distance47.7 ± 0.1 ly
(14.63 ± 0.04 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.33[5]
Details
Mass1.35+0.12
−0.07[6] M☉
Radius1.49±0.03[6] R☉
Luminosity3.77+0.18
−0.20[6] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.25[7] cgs
Temperature6,589+56
−50[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.15[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)40.9±2.0[8] km/s
Age2.34+0.36
−0.97[6] Gyr
Other designations
ψ Cap, 16 Capricorni, CD−25°15018, FK5 779, GC 28929, GJ 805, HD 197692, HIP 102485, HR 7936, SAO 189664, PLX 4947.00[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Psi Capricorni is a single,[10] yellow-white hued star in the southern zodiac constellation of Capricornus. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ψ Capricorni, and abbreviated Psi Cap or ψ Cap. This star is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.13.[2] The distance to this star is approximately 47.7 light-years (14.6 pc) based on parallax measurements,[1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +20 km/s.[4] The closest approach to the Sun occurred some 467,000 years ago at a separation of 20 light-years.[11]

This object is an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V.[3] It is 2.3 billion years old with 1.35 times the mass of the Sun.[6] The measured rotational velocity of this star is approximately 41 km/s[8] (the Sun has an equatorial rotation velocity of 2 km/s). Analysis of the line profile of the star's spectrum indicates that it is undergoing differential rotation, with the variation by latitude being similar to the Sun.[12] The star has 1.49 times the Sun's radius and is radiating 3.77 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,589 K.[6] It displays an infrared excess, suggesting the presence of an orbiting debris disk at a separation of 38.75 astronomical unit|AU and a temperature of 60 K.[13]

Chinese name

In Chinese, 天田 (Tiān Tián), meaning Celestial Farmland, refers to an asterism consisting of ψ Capricorni, ω Capricorni, 3 Piscis Austrini, and 24 Capricorni.[14] Consequently, the Chinese name for ω Capricorni itself is 天田四 (Tiān Tián sì, English: the Fourth Star of Celestial Farmland).[15]

In R. H. Allen's version, this star represented the battle-axe Yue.[16]

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 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data (SIMBAD), Bibcode: 1986EgUBV........0M. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ehrenreich, D. et al. (November 2010), "Deep infrared imaging of close companions to austral A- and F-type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 523: A73, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014763, Bibcode: 2010A&A...523A..73E. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nordström, B. et al. (2004), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ~14000 F and G dwarfs", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 21 (2): 129–133, doi:10.1071/AS04013, Bibcode: 2004PASA...21..129N. 
  5. ↑ Reiners, Ansgar (January 2006), "Rotation- and temperature-dependence of stellar latitudinal differential rotation", Astronomy and Astrophysics 446 (1): 267–277, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053911, Bibcode: 2006A&A...446..267R 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Harada, Caleb K. et al. (June 2024), "Setting the Stage for the Search for Life with the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Properties of 164 Promising Planet-survey Targets", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 272 (2): id. 30, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ad3e81, Bibcode: 2024ApJS..272...30H. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Luck, R. Earle (March 2018), "Abundances in the Local Region. III. Southern F, G, and K Dwarfs", The Astronomical Journal 155 (3): 31, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaa9b5, 111, Bibcode: 2018AJ....155..111L. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ammler-von Eiff, Matthias; Reiners, Ansgar (June 2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics 542: A116, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, Bibcode: 2012A&A...542A.116A. 
  9. ↑ "psi Cap". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=psi+Cap. 
  10. ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  11. ↑ Bailer-Jones, C. A. L. (March 2015), "Close encounters of the stellar kind", Astronomy & Astrophysics 575: 13, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425221, A35, Bibcode: 2015A&A...575A..35B. 
  12. ↑ Reiners, Ansgar et al. (September 2001), "Detection of differential rotation in psi Cap with profile analysis", Astronomy and Astrophysics 376: L13–L16, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011023, Bibcode: 2001A&A...376L..13R. 
  13. ↑ Gáspár, András et al. (2016), "The Correlation between Metallicity and Debris Disk Mass", The Astrophysical Journal 826 (2): 171, doi:10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/171, Bibcode: 2016ApJ...826..171G. 
  14. ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.
  15. ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 3 日
  16. ↑ Allen, R. H. (1963), Star Names, Dover, p. 142, https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Capricornus*.html 



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