Astronomy:Rho Telescopii

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Short description: Star in the constellation Telescopus
Rho Telescopii
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Sculptor
Right ascension  19h 06m 19.95580s[1]
Declination −52° 20′ 27.2757″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.17[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6 V[3]
B−V color index +0.53[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+0.1±0.7[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +32.47[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −115.24[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)17.63 ± 0.59[1] mas
Distance185 ± 6 ly
(57 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.69[5]
Details
Mass1.97[4] M
Luminosity25.6[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.51[4] cgs
Temperature6,303±80[4] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.01[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)68.5±4.0[5] km/s
Age1.30[4] Gyr
Other designations
ρ Tel, CPD−52° 11356, HD 177171, HIP 93815, HR 7213, SAO 245921[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Rho Telescopii (ρ Tel, ρ Telescopii) is the Bayer designation for an astrometric binary[9] star system in the southern constellation of Telescopium. It is visible to the naked eye, with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.17.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 17.63 mas as measured from Earth,[1] it is located approximately 185 light years from the Sun.

This appears to be a single-lined spectroscopic binary as it displays radial velocity variation with a period of 1.7 days.[9] The visible component is an F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F6 V.[3] It has about double the mass of the Sun and is radiating 25.6[6] times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,303 K.[4] The star is a bright X-ray source with a luminosity of 65.76×1029 ergs s−1.[10]

Relative to neighboring stars, Rho Telescopii has a peculiar velocity of 17.2 km s−1.[11] It may be a member of the Tucana-Horologium association.[12]

Various age estimates
Age Source
1.5±0.2 Myr Tetzlaff et al. (2011)[11]
30 Myr Lagrange et al. (2013)[9]
0.20 Gyr Ballering et al. (2013)[13]
1.30 Gyr Casagrande et al. (2011)[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, Floor (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V  Note: see VizieR catalogue I/311.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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 Houk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 2, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Casagrande, L. et al. (2011), "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey", Astronomy & Astrophysics 530 (A138): 21, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276, Bibcode2011A&A...530A.138C. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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, Bibcode2012A&A...542A.116A. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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. 
  7. Maldonado, J. et al. (May 2012), "Metallicity of solar-type stars with debris discs and planets", Astronomy and Astrophysics 541: A40, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201218800, Bibcode2012A&A...541A..40M. 
  8. "rho Tel – Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Object Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Rho+Telescopii, retrieved 2012-03-28 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Lagrange, A.-M. et al. (November 2013), "Planets around stars in young nearby associations. Radial velocity searches: a feasibility study and first results", Astronomy & Astrophysics 559: 20, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220770, A83, Bibcode2013A&A...559A..83L. 
  10. Makarov, Valeri V. (October 2003), "The 100 Brightest X-Ray Stars within 50 Parsecs of the Sun", The Astronomical Journal 126 (4): 1996–2008, doi:10.1086/378164, Bibcode2003AJ....126.1996M. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1): 190–200, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, Bibcode2011MNRAS.410..190T 
  12. Fernández, D.; Figueras, F.; Torra, J. (March 2008), "On the kinematic evolution of young local associations and the Scorpius-Centaurus complex", Astronomy and Astrophysics 480 (3): 735–751, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077720, Bibcode2008A&A...480..735F 
  13. Ballering, Nicholas P. et al. (September 2013), "A Trend between Cold Debris Disk Temperature and Stellar Type: Implications for the Formation and Evolution of Wide-orbit Planets", The Astrophysical Journal 775 (1): 14, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/775/1/55, 55, Bibcode2013ApJ...775...55B