Astronomy:Rho Tucanae

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Short description: Binary star system in the southern constellation Tucana
Rho Tucanae
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Tucana
Right ascension  00h 42m 28.37166s[1]
Declination −65° 28′ 04.9100″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.38[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6 V[3]
U−B color index +0.00[2]
B−V color index +0.50[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)33.962±0.796[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +53.07[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +40.94[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)24.37 ± 0.27[1] mas
Distance134 ± 1 ly
(41.0 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+2.75[5]
Orbit[6]
Period (P)4.8202 d
Eccentricity (e)0.02
Periastron epoch (T)2419299.11 JD
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
26.1 km/s
Details
ρ Tuc A
Mass1.66[7] M
Luminosity9.7[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.64±0.11[4] cgs
Temperature6,034±54[4] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.26[4] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)23.5±1.2[5] km/s
Age2.64[3] Gyr
ρ Tuc B
Mass0.33[7] M
Other designations
ρ Tuc, CP−66° 47, FK5 2047, HD 4089, HIP 3330, HR 187, SAO 248237[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Rho Tucanae (ρ Tuc, ρ Tucanae) is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Tucana. It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +5.38.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 24.37 mas as seen from Earth, it is located 131 light years from the Sun.

This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with a close, nearly circular orbit having a period of 4.82 days and an eccentricity of 0.02.[6] The primary member, component A, is a yellow-white hued F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F6 V.[3] It is around 2.6 billion years old and a member of the thin disk population.[3] The primary has about 1.66 times the mass of the Sun while the secondary is just 0.33 times the Sun's mass.[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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data (SIMBAD), Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 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 3.2 3.3 Ibukiyama, A.; Arimoto, N. (November 2002), "HIPPARCOS age-metallicity relation of the solar neighbourhood disc stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 394: 927–941, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021157, Bibcode2002A&A...394..927I. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kunder, Andrea et al. (February 2017), "The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Fifth Data Release", The Astronomical Journal 153 (2): 30, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/153/2/75, 75, Bibcode2017AJ....153...75K. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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, Bibcode2006A&A...446..267R 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Pourbaix, D. et al. (2004), "SB9: The ninth catalogue of spectroscopic binary orbits", Astronomy and Astrophysics 424 (2): 727–732, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213, Bibcode2004A&A...424..727P. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Tokovinin, Andrei (April 2014), "From Binaries to Multiples. II. Hierarchical Multiplicity of F and G Dwarfs", The Astronomical Journal 147 (4): 14, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/4/87, 87, Bibcode2014AJ....147...87T. 
  8. 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. "rho Tuc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=rho+Tuc.