Astronomy:Zeta Monocerotis

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Short description: Yellow-white hued star in the constellation Monoceros
ζ Monocerotis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Monoceros
Right ascension  08h 08m 35.64663s[1]
Declination −2° 59′ 01.6361″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.33[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G2Ib[3]
U−B color index +0.72[2]
B−V color index +0.97[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+29.8±0.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −18.81[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −4.50[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.08 ± 0.27[1] mas
Distance1,060 ± 90 ly
(320 ± 30 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−3.18[5]
Details
Mass6.2[6] M
Luminosity2,207[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)1.75[7] cgs
Temperature5,289[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.01[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)17[3] km/s
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata

Zeta Monocerotis, Latinized from ζ Monocerotis, is a single,[9] yellow-hued star in the constellation Monoceros. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.33,[2] which is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. The annual parallax shift as measured during the Hipparcos mission is 3.08 milliarcseconds,[1] which provides a rough distance estimate of 1,060 light years. It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +30 km/s.[4]

This star has a stellar classification of G2 Ib,[3] which matches a supergiant of type G. It has an estimated 6.2[6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 2,207[5] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,289 K.[8] Zeta Monocerotis has three visual companions: component B, with separation 33.3" and magnitude 10.32, C, with separation 65.1" and magnitude 9.68, and D, with separation 38.1" and magnitude 13.4.[10]

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.  Vizier catalog entry
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2237. Bibcode2002yCat.2237....0D. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H 5050. Bibcode1995yCat.5050....0H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A.  Vizier catalog entry
  6. 6.0 6.1 Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (2011). "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1): 190–200. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x. Bibcode2011MNRAS.410..190T.  Vizier catalog entry
  7. 7.0 7.1 Soubiran, Caroline; Le Campion, Jean-François; Brouillet, Nathalie; Chemin, Laurent (2016). "The PASTEL catalogue: 2016 version". Astronomy & Astrophysics 591: A118. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628497. Bibcode2016A&A...591A.118S. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–357. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M.  Vizier catalog entry
  9. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  10. Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466. doi:10.1086/323920. Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M.  Vizier catalog entry