Astronomy:Rho Tauri
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Short description: Star in the constellation Taurus
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| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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| Constellation | Taurus |
| Right ascension | 04h 33m 50.91753s[1] |
| Declination | +14° 50′ 39.9232″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.66[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A8V[3] |
| U−B color index | +0.09[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.24[2] |
| Variable type | δ Scuti[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +39.6[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 103.20[1] mas/yr Dec.: −26.48[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 20.61 ± 0.57[1] mas |
| Distance | 158 ± 4 ly (49 ± 1 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +1.26[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.88[6] or 2.09±0.21[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.9[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1.39[7] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.02[7] cgs |
| Temperature | 7,640[7] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.46[8] dex |
| Rotation | 0.833[9] days |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 117[6] km/s |
| Age | 1.0[8] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Rho Tauri (ρ Tau, ρ Tauri) is a star in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Hyades star cluster.[7]
Rho Tauri is a white A-type main sequence star with a mean apparent magnitude of +4.66. It is approximately 158 light years from Earth. Classified as a Delta Scuti type[7] variable star, its brightness varies by 0.010 magnitudes over a period of 1.61 hours.[4]
It has 1.88 times the mass of the Sun, with a projected rotational velocity of 117 km/s and an estimated rotation period of 488.5 days.[6]
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Hyades, with ρ Tau appearing blue, left of center, marked with a red arrow -
![A blue band light curve for Rho Tauri, adapted from Horan (1979)[11]](/wiki/images/thumb/3/32/RhoTauLightCurve.png/250px-RhoTauLightCurve.png)
![A blue band light curve for Rho Tauri, adapted from Horan (1979)[11]](/wiki/File:RhoTauLightCurve.png)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Leeuwen, F. (November 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data (SIMBAD), Bibcode: 1986EgUBV........0M.
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 1969AJ.....74..375C.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Solano, E.; Fernley, J. (April 1997), "Spectroscopic survey of delta Scuti stars. I. Rotation velocities and effective temperatures", Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 122: 131–147, doi:10.1051/aas:1997329, Bibcode: 1997A&AS..122..131S.
- ↑ Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966), "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities", in Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick, Determination of Radial Velocities and their Applications, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 30, 30, University of Toronto: International Astronomical Union, p. 57, Bibcode: 1967IAUS...30...57E.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Pizzolato, N. et al. (September 2000), "Evolution of X-ray activity of 1-3 Msun late-type stars in early post-main-sequence phases", Astronomy and Astrophysics 361: 614–628, Bibcode: 2000A&A...361..614P.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Gebran, M. et al. (November 2010), "Chemical composition of A and F dwarfs members of the Hyades open cluster", Astronomy and Astrophysics 523: A71, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913273, Bibcode: 2010A&A...523A..71G.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 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.
- ↑ Van Saders, Jennifer L.; Pinsonneault, Marc H. (2013), "Fast Star, Slow Star; Old Star, Young Star: Subgiant Rotation as a Population and Stellar Physics Diagnostic", The Astrophysical Journal 776 (2): 67, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/67, Bibcode: 2013ApJ...776...67V.
- ↑ "rho Tau -- Variable Star of delta Sct type", SIMBAD (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Rho+Tauri, retrieved 2014-12-28
- ↑ Horan, S. (November 1979), "A photometric survey of the Hyades for delta Scuti variables", Astronomical Journal 84: 1770–1774, doi:10.1086/112607, Bibcode: 1979AJ.....84.1770H, https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1979AJ.....84.1770H, retrieved 5 September 2022.
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