Astronomy:Upsilon2 Hydrae

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Short description: Star in the constellation Hydra


Upsilon2 Hydrae
Location of υ2 Hydrae (circled in red)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension  10h 05m 07.46888s[1]
Declination −13° 03′ 52.6561″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.59[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[3]
Spectral type B9 III-IV[4]
U−B color index −0.27[2]
B−V color index −0.08[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+24.3±2.6[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −39.39[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +19.65[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.40 ± 0.23[1] mas
Distance314 ± 7 ly
(96 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.31[6]
Details
Mass2.92[7] M
Radius3.52[7] R
Luminosity172[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.81[7] cgs
Temperature11,143[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)58[8] km/s
Age97[8] Myr
Other designations
υ2 Hya, 40 Hydrae, BD−12°3073, FK5 1261, HD 87504, HIP 49402, HR 3970, SAO 155713[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Upsilon2 Hydrae, Latinised from υ2 Hydrae, is a solitary[10] star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. Visible to the naked eye, it is photometrically stable[11] with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.59.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.40 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located about 314 light-years from the Sun.

This is a B-type star with a stellar classification of B9 III-IV,[4] showing partial traits of a subgiant and giant star in its spectrum. However, Zorec and Royer (2012) estimate the star still only 79% of the way through its life span on the main sequence.[3] With an age of around 97 million years,[8] it is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 58 km/s.[8] The star has an estimated 2.9 times the mass of the Sun and around 3.5 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 172 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 11,143 K.[7]

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data (SIMBAD), Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 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 Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (January 2012), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities", Astronomy & Astrophysics 537: A120, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691, Bibcode2012A&A...537A.120Z. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1988mcts.book.....H. 
  5. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  6. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Stassun, Keivan G. et al. (2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. Bibcode2019AJ....158..138S. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 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. 
  9. "* ups02 Hya". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+ups02+Hya. 
  10. 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. 
  11. Adelman, S. J. et al. (October 2000), "On the Variability of Late B III-V Stars", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 4968 (4968): 1, Bibcode2000IBVS.4968....1A.