Astronomy:Upsilon Librae
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Libra |
| Right ascension | 15h 37m 01.45020s[1] |
| Declination | −28° 08′ 06.2926″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 3.628[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K3 III[3] |
| U−B color index | +1.586[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.374[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −24.9±0.7[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −12.82[1] mas/yr Dec.: −4.15[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 14.58 ± 0.19[1] mas |
| Distance | 224 ± 3 ly (68.6 ± 0.9 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.28[5] |
| Details[6] | |
| Mass | 1.67 M☉ |
| Radius | 31.5[7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 309 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.58 cgs |
| Temperature | 4,135±20 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.02 dex |
| Age | 3.14 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Upsilon Librae (υ Lib, υ Librae) is the Bayer designation for a double star[9] in the zodiac constellation Libra. With an apparent visual magnitude of 3.628,[2] it is visible to the naked eye. The distance to this star, based upon an annual parallax shift of 14.58,[1] is around 224 light years. It has a magnitude 10.8 companion at an angular separation of 2.0 arc seconds along a position angle of 151°, as of 2002.[10]
The brighter component is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III.[3] The measured angular diameter, after correction for limb darkening, is 4.27±0.05 mas.[11] At the estimated distance of the star, this yields a physical size of about 31.5 times the radius of the Sun.[7] It has 1.67 times the mass of the Sun and radiates 309 times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4,135 K.[6] The star is about three billion years old.[6]
Upsilon Librae will be the brightest star in the night sky in about 2.3 million years,[12] and will peak in brightness with an apparent magnitude of –0.46.[12]
References
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Celis S., L. (October 1975), "Photoelectric photometry of late-type variable stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 22: 9–17, Bibcode: 1975A&AS...22....9C.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode: 1982mcts.book.....H
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..61D.
- ↑ Ryon, Jenna et al. (August 2009), "Comparing the Ca ii H and K Emission Lines in Red Giant Stars", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 121 (882): 842, doi:10.1086/605456, Bibcode: 2009PASP..121..842R.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Luck, R. Earle (September 2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 23, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88, 88, Bibcode: 2015AJ....150...88L.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lang, Kenneth R. (2006), Astrophysical formulae, Astronomy and astrophysics library, 1 (3rd ed.), Birkhäuser, ISBN 3-540-29692-1, https://books.google.com/books?id=OvTjLcQ4MCQC&pg=PA41. The radius (R*) is given by:
- [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} 2\cdot R_* & = \frac{(68.6\cdot 4.27\cdot 10^{-3})\ \text{AU}}{0.0046491\ \text{AU}/R_{\bigodot}} \\ & \approx 63.0\cdot R_{\bigodot} \end{align} }[/math]
- ↑ "ups Lib". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ups+Lib.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode: 2001AJ....122.3466M
- ↑ Richichi, A. et al. (February 2005), "CHARM2: An updated Catalog of High Angular Resolution Measurements", Astronomy and Astrophysics 431 (2): 773–777, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042039, Bibcode: 2005A&A...431..773R.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Tomkin, Jocelyn (April 1998). "Once and Future Celestial Kings". Sky and Telescope 95 (4): 59–63. Bibcode: 1998S&T....95d..59T. based on computations from HIPPARCOS data. (The calculations exclude stars whose distance or proper motion is uncertain.) PDF[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
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