Astronomy:Sigma2 Gruis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Grus


Sigma2 Gruis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Grus
Right ascension  22h 36m 58.85405s[1]
Declination −40° 35′ 27.7272″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.86[2] (5.91 + 10.04)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1 V[4]
U−B color index +0.06[2]
B−V color index +0.06[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+15.0±2.9[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +44.56[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −70.07[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)15.19 ± 0.53[1] mas
Distance215 ± 7 ly
(66 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.76[6]
Details[7]
σ2 Gru A
Mass2.15 M
Luminosity17.5[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.36±0.14 cgs
Temperature9,549±325 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)80.9±0.7[8] km/s
Age255 Myr
Other designations
σ2 Gru, CD−41° 14963, HD 214150, HIP 111643, HR 8602, SAO 231217, WDS J22370-4035[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Sigma2 Gruis is a binary star[3] system in the southern constellation of Grus. Its apparent visual magnitude is 5.86.[2] The pair had an angular separation of 2.7 arc seconds along a position angle of 265°, as of 1991.[10] Located around 215 ly (66 pc) distant, the white-hued primary component is an A-type main-sequence star of spectral type A1V,[4] a star that is currently fusing its core hydrogen.

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 Nicolet, B. (1978), "Photoelectric photometric Catalogue of homogeneous measurements in the UBV System", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 34: 1–49, Bibcode1978A&AS...34....1N. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Houk, N. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 2, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H. 
  5. Gontcharov, G. A. (2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  7. David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015), "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets", The Astrophysical Journal 804 (2): 146, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146, Bibcode2015ApJ...804..146D. 
  8. Díaz, C. G. et al. (July 2011), "Accurate stellar rotational velocities using the Fourier transform of the cross correlation maximum", Astronomy & Astrophysics 531: A143, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016386, Bibcode2011A&A...531A.143D. 
  9. "* sig02 Gru". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+sig02+Gru. 
  10. Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M.