Astronomy:Sigma3 Cancri
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Right ascension | 08h 59m 32.655s[1] |
| Declination | +32° 25′ 06.81″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.24[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | red clump[3] |
| Spectral type | G9 III[4] |
| U−B color index | +0.64[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.91[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +20.82±0.21[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −43.741[1] mas/yr Dec.: −34.754[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 10.7481 ± 0.0965[6] mas |
| Distance | 303 ± 3 ly (93.0 ± 0.8 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.45[7] |
| Details[5] | |
| Mass | 2.81±0.11 M☉ |
| Radius | 10.32 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 72 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.18 cgs |
| Temperature | 5,170±21 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.03±0.06 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.30±0.47 km/s |
| Age | 420±40 Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Sigma3 Cancri is a solitary,[9] yellow-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from σ3 Cancri, and abbreviated Sigma3 Cnc or σ3 Cnc. With an apparent visual magnitude of +5.24,[2] it is a dim star that is visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.75 mas as seen from Earth,[6] it is located approximately 303 light-years (93 pc) from the Sun. The star's proper motion makes it a candidate for membership in the IC 2391 supercluster.[10]
This is an evolved, G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G9 III.[4] At the estimated age of 420[5] million years it is a red clump star on the horizontal branch, which indicates it is generating energy through helium fusion at its core.[3] Sigma3 Cancri has 2.8 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 10.3 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 72 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,170 K.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Guetter, H. H.; Hewitt, A. V. (1984), "Photoelectric UBV photometry for 317 PZT and VZT stars", Astronomical Society of the Pacific 96: 441–443, doi:10.1086/131362, Bibcode: 1984PASP...96..441G.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mishenina, T. V. et al. (September 2006), "Elemental abundances in the atmosphere of clump giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics 456 (3): 1109–1120, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065141, Bibcode: 2006A&A...456.1109M.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sato, K.; Kuji, S. (1990), "MK classification and photometry of stars used for time and latitude observations at Mizusawa and Washington", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 85: 1069, Bibcode: 1990A&AS...85.1069S.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Jofré, E. et al. (2015), "Stellar parameters and chemical abundances of 223 evolved stars with and without planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics 574: A50, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424474, Bibcode: 2015A&A...574A..50J.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 van Leeuwen, F. (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.
- ↑ Da Silva, Ronaldo et al. (2015), "Homogeneous abundance analysis of FGK dwarf, subgiant, and giant stars with and without giant planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics 580: A24, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201525770, Bibcode: 2015A&A...580A..24D.
- ↑ "sig03 Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=sig03+Cnc.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Eggen, Olin J. (December 1995), "Reality Tests of Superclusters in the Young Disk Population", Astronomical Journal 110: 2862, doi:10.1086/117734, Bibcode: 1995AJ....110.2862E.
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