Astronomy:3 Centauri
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Right ascension | 13h 51m 49.60s[1] |
| Declination | −32° 59′ 38.7″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.32[2] (4.52 + 5.97)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B5 III-IVp[4] + B8 V[5] |
| B−V color index | −0.146±0.003[2] |
| Variable type | Eclipsing?[6] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +7.5±1.6[7] km/s |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.46[2] |
| A | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −34.698±0.864[8] mas/yr Dec.: −27.909±0.792[8] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 11.0982 ± 0.4267 mas |
| Distance | 290 ± 10 ly (90 ± 3 pc) |
| B | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −36.737±0.266[9] mas/yr Dec.: −23.774±0.189[9] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 10.2659 ± 0.1380[9] mas |
| Distance | 318 ± 4 ly (97 ± 1 pc) |
| Orbit[10] | |
| Primary | Ba |
| Companion | Bb |
| Period (P) | 17.428 d |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.21 |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2443296.44 JD |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 15° |
| Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 17 km/s |
| Details | |
| 3 Cen A | |
| Mass | 5.0±0.1[11] M☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.80[12] cgs |
| Temperature | 17,500[12] K |
| Age | 47.4±7.3[11] Myr |
| 3 Cen B | |
| Mass | 2.47±0.10[5] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.8[13] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 50.2+11.7 −9.5[5] L☉ |
| Temperature | 9,638+67 −66[5] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 135[5] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| 3 Cen A: {{{names1}}} | |
| 3 Cen B: {{{names2}}} | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| A | |
| B | |
3 Centauri is a triple star[3] system in the southern constellation of Centaurus,[14] located approximately 300 light years from the Sun.[8][9] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.32.[2] As of 2017, the two visible components had an angular separation of 7.851″ along a position angle of 106°.[3] The system has the Bayer designation k Centauri; 3 Centauri is the Flamsteed designation. It is a suspected eclipsing binary with a variable star designation V983 Centauri.[6]
The brighter member, designated component A, is a magnitude 4.52[3] chemically peculiar star of the helium-weak (CP4) variety, and has a stellar classification of B5 III-IVp.[4] The spectrum of the star displays overabundances of elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, manganese, iron, and nickel, while carbon, oxygen, magnesium, aluminium, sulfur, and chlorine appear underabundant relative to the Sun.[12] Weak emission line features are also visible.[15]
The magnitude 5.97[3] secondary, component B, is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system with an orbital period of 17.4 days and an eccentricity of 0.21.[10] The pair have an angular separation of 2.485 mas. The visible component is a B-type main-sequence star with a class of B8 V.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Veramendi, M. E.; González, J. F. (March 2014). "Spectroscopic study of early-type multiple stellar systems. I. Orbits of spectroscopic binary subsystems". Astronomy & Astrophysics 563: 15. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322840. A138. Bibcode: 2014A&A...563A.138V.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sigut, T. A. A. et al. (February 2000). "Emission Lines in the Spectrum of the 3HE Star 3 Centauri A". The Astrophysical Journal 530 (2): L89–L92. doi:10.1086/312499. PMID 10655172. Bibcode: 2000ApJ...530L..89S.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 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. Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A.120Z.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Samus, N. N. et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars". Astronomy Reports. 5.1 61 (1): 80–88. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. Bibcode: 2017ARep...61...80S.
- ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. Bibcode: 2006AstL...32..759G.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 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. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 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. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Pourbaix, D. et al. (2004). "SB9: The Ninth Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits". Astronomy & Astrophysics 424: 727–732. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213. Bibcode: 2004A&A...424..727P.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Tetzlaff, N. et al. (January 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. Bibcode: 2011MNRAS.410..190T.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Sadakane, Kozo; Nishimura, Masayoshi (June 2018). "Spectroscopic abundance analyses of the 3He stars HD 185330 and 3 Cen A". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 70 (3): 40. doi:10.1093/pasj/psy031. 40. Bibcode: 2018PASJ...70...40S.
- ↑ Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; Pastori, L.; Covino, S.; Pozzi, A. (February 2001). "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)". Astronomy and Astrophysics 367: 521–524. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451. Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "3 Cen". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=3+Cen.
- ↑ Wahlgren, G. M.; Hubrig, S. (May 2004). "Emission lines in the optical spectrum of 3 Cen A". Astronomy and Astrophysics 418 (3): 1073–1081. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034257. Bibcode: 2004A&A...418.1073W.
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