Astronomy:VZ Arietis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Aries
VZ Arietis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Aries
Right ascension  02h 48m 45.90719s[1]
Declination +25° 11′ 16.95410″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.89[2] (5.82 - 5.89)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A0 V[4]
B−V color index −0.033±0.005[2]
Variable type α2 CVn[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+13.8±2.9[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +56.600[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −0.264[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.7743 ± 0.1298[1] mas
Distance560 ± 10 ly
(173 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.48[2]
Details[6]
Mass2.74±0.09 M
Radius3.1[7] R
Luminosity78.7+15.1
−12.7
 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.10[8] cgs
Temperature10,304+72
−71
 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.1[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)54 km/s
Other designations
16 Trianguli, VZ Arietis, BD+24°396, FK5 5868, HD 17471, HIP 13121, HR 830, SAO 75588[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

VZ Arietis is single,[10] white-hued star in the northern zodiac constellation of Aries. Varying between magnitudes 5.82 and 5.89,[3] the star can be seen with the naked eye in dark, unpolluted areas. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.8 mas,[1] it is located 560 light years from the Sun. It is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +14 km/s.[5] The star was formerly known as 16 Trianguli, but as the star is no longer in the constellation Triangulum, this designation has fallen out of use.[11]

This is a chemically peculiar star[6] of type CP2 (Ap star),[12] showing an anomalous abundance of silicon in its spectrum.[13] It has a stellar classification of A0 V,[4] which indicates this is an A-type main-sequence star that currently fusing hydrogen into helium in its core. This is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable[12] with 2.7[6] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.1[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 79 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,304 K.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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. 
  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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 VSX (4 January 2010). "VZ Arietis". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=3726. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Cowley, A. et al. (April 1969). "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications". Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406. doi:10.1086/110819. Bibcode1969AJ.....74..375C. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (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. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (2001). "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)". Astronomy & Astrophysics 367 (2): 521–24. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451. Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Gebran, M. et al. (2016). "A new method for the inversion of atmospheric parameters of A/Am stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 589: A83. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201528052. Bibcode2016A&A...589A..83G. 
  9. "HD 17471". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+17471. 
  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. Wagman, M. (August 1987). "Flamsteed's Missing Stars". Journal for the History of Astronomy 18 (3): 222. doi:10.1177/002182868701800305. Bibcode1987JHA....18..209W. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 Wraight, K. T. et al. (February 2012). "A photometric study of chemically peculiar stars with the STEREO satellites - I. Magnetic chemically peculiar stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 420 (1): 757–772. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20090.x. Bibcode2012MNRAS.420..757W. 
  13. Zverko, J. (September 1984), "Classification of Ap-Stars HR 830 and 21 CVn", Bulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia 35: 294, Bibcode1984BAICz..35..294Z