Astronomy:Theta Delphini

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Short description: Star in the constellation of Delphinus
Theta Delphini
Diagram showing star positions and boundaries of the Delphinus constellation and its surroundings
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Location of θ Delphini (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Delphinus
Right ascension  20h 38m 43.98644s[1]
Declination +13° 18′ 54.4543″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.69[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3Ib[3]
U−B color index +1.71[4]
B−V color index 1.509±0.047[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−15.09±0.13[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 3.068[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −0.179[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.5887 ± 0.0738[1] mas
Distance2,050 ± 100 ly
(630 ± 30 pc)
Details
Mass5.69[6] M
Radius125 R[7]
88±25[8] R
Luminosity2,333+1,103
−748
[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)1.3[9] cgs
Temperature3,986±170[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.22[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.0[10] km/s
Other designations
θ Del, 8 Del, BD+12°4411, GC 28743, HD 196725, HIP 101882, HR 7892, SAO 106342[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Theta Delphini, a name Latinized from θ Delphini, is a single[12] star in the northern constellation of Delphinus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of about 5.7,[2] meaning that it is just barely visible to the naked eye under excellent viewing conditions. The distance to this star is approximately 2,050 light years from the Sun based on parallax. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −15 km/s.[5]

The stellar classification of Theta Delphini is K3Ib, which means it is a K-type supergiant.[13] These types of stars form when relatively massive (10 to 30 M) stars like B-type main sequence stars run out of hydrogen to fuse and start cooling down.[14] It has been described as a super-metal-rich star because of its high metallicity.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  3. Bidelman, William P. (1951). "Spectral Classification of Stars Listed in Miss Payne's Catalogue of C Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 113: 304. doi:10.1086/145399. Bibcode1951ApJ...113..304B. 
  4. Fernie, J. D. (1983). "New UBVRI photometry for 900 supergiants". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 52: 7–22. doi:10.1086/190856. Bibcode1983ApJS...52....7F. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Famaey, B. et al. (2005). "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics 430: 165–186. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272. Bibcode2005A&A...430..165F. 
  6. Hohle, M. M. et al. (2010). "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants". Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349. doi:10.1002/asna.200911355. Bibcode2010AN....331..349H. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Messineo, M.; Brown, A. G. A. (2019). "A Catalog of Known Galactic K-M Stars of Class I Candidate Red Supergiants in Gaia DR2". The Astronomical Journal 158 (1): 20. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab1cbd. Bibcode2019AJ....158...20M. 
  8. Van Belle, G. T. et al. (2009). "Supergiant temperatures and linear radii from near-infrared interferometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 394 (4): 1925. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14146.x. Bibcode2009MNRAS.394.1925V. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Malagnini, M. L. et al. (2000). "Observations and Atmospheric Parameters of Super-Metal-rich Candidates". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 112 (777): 1455. doi:10.1086/317714. Bibcode2000PASP..112.1455M. 
  10. De Medeiros, J. R.; Udry, S.; Burki, G.; Mayor, M. (2002). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars. II. Ib supergiant stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 395: 97–98. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021214. Bibcode2002A&A...395...97D. 
  11. "tet Del". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=tet+Del. 
  12. 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. 
  13. Allen, J. S.. "The Classification of Stellar Spectra". http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~pac/spectral_classification.html. 
  14. Ekström, S. et al. (2012). "Grids of stellar models with rotation. I. Models from 0.8 to 120 M⊙ at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014)". Astronomy & Astrophysics 537: A146. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117751. Bibcode2012A&A...537A.146E.