Astronomy:Sigma Pegasi

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Short description: Star in the constellation Pegasus
Sigma Pegasi
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension  22h 52m 24.07496s[1]
Declination +09° 50′ 08.3791″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.16[2] + 13.5[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6 V[4] or F7 IV[5] + M4 V[3]
U−B color index −0.016[2]
B−V color index +0.486[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+11.4[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +521.04[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +42.65[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)36.66 ± 0.29[1] mas
Distance89.0 ± 0.7 ly
(27.3 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.01[7]
Details
σ Peg A
Mass1.275[6] M
Surface gravity (log g)3.69[4] cgs
Temperature6,250[4] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.32[4] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3[8] km/s
Age2.71±0.61[9] Gyr
Other designations
σ Peg, 49 Peg, BD+09° 5122, FK5 3828, HD 216385, HIP 112935, HR 8697, SAO 127810[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

σ Pegasi, Latinised as Sigma Pegasi, is a binary star[3] system in the northern constellation of Pegasus. With a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.16,[2] it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 36.66 mas as seen from Earth,[1] the system is located 89 light years distant from the Sun. It has a relatively high proper motion, advancing across the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.524 arcseconds per year.[11]

The primary, component A, is a yellow-white hued F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F6 V.[4] However, Frasca et al. (2009) lists it as a somewhat more evolved F-type subgiant star with a class of F7 IV.[5] At the age of 2.7[9] billion years, it has an inactive chromosphere[4] and is spinning with a leisurely projected rotational velocity of 3 km/s.[8] It has a faint, magnitude 13.23[12] red dwarf companion, designated component B, at an angular separation of 248 arc seconds.[3] The system is most likely (96% chance) a member of the thin disk population of the Milky Way.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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 3.2 3.3 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 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Gray, R. O. et al. (2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: spectroscopy of stars earlier than M0 within 40 pc-The Southern Sample", The Astronomical Journal 132 (1): 161–70, doi:10.1086/504637, Bibcode2006AJ....132..161G. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Frasca, A. et al. (December 2009), "REM near-IR and optical photometric monitoring of pre-main sequence stars in Orion. Rotation periods and starspot parameters", Astronomy and Astrophysics 508 (3): 1313–1330, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913327, Bibcode2009A&A...508.1313F. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ramírez, I. et al. (February 2013), "Oxygen abundances in nearby FGK stars and the galactic chemical evolution of the local disk and halo", The Astrophysical Journal 764 (1): 78, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/764/1/78, Bibcode2013ApJ...764...78R. 
  7. Karatas, Y.; Schuster, W. J. (October 2006), "Metallicity and absolute magnitude calibrations for UBV photometry", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 371 (4): 1793–1812, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10800.x, Bibcode2006MNRAS.371.1793K. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Takeda, Yoichi et al. (February 2005), "High-Dispersion Spectra Collection of Nearby F—K Stars at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory: A Basis for Spectroscopic Abundance Standards", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 57 (1): 13–25, doi:10.1093/pasj/57.1.13, Bibcode2005PASJ...57...13T. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Pace, G. (March 2013), "Chromospheric activity as age indicator. An L-shaped chromospheric-activity versus age diagram", Astronomy & Astrophysics 551: 4, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220364, L8, Bibcode2013A&A...551L...8P. 
  10. "49 Peg". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=49+Peg. 
  11. Lépine, Sébastien; Shara, Michael M. (March 2005), "A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)", The Astronomical Journal 129 (3): 1483–1522, doi:10.1086/427854, Bibcode2005AJ....129.1483L. 
  12. Lépine, Sébastien; Bongiorno, Bethany (2007), "New Distant Companions to Known Nearby Stars. II. Faint Companions of Hipparcos Stars and the Frequency of Wide Binary Systems", The Astronomical Journal 133 (3): 889–905, doi:10.1086/510333, Bibcode2007AJ....133..889L. 

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