Astronomy:KT Lupi

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Short description: Visual binary star system in the constellation of Lupus
KT Lupi
KTLupLightCurve.png
A light curve for KT Lupi, plotted from Hipparcos data [1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Lupus
Right ascension  15h 35m 53.24806s[2]
Declination −44° 57′ 30.1982″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.55[3] (4.66 + 6.62)[4]
Characteristics
Spectral type B3 V + B6 V[5]
B−V color index −0.175±0.003[3]
Variable type Be[6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+6.5±2.8[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −20.53[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −21.23[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.62 ± 0.43[2] mas
Distance430 ± 20 ly
(131 ± 7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.03[3]
Details
KT Lup A
Mass5.9±0.1[8] M
Radius3.00±0.06[9] R
Luminosity794+791
−396
[10] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.50±0.04[9] cgs
Temperature18,400±184[9] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)30±0.6[9] km/s
Age21.0±10.6[8] Myr
KT Lup B
Mass2.79[11] M
Other designations
d Lup, KT Lup, CD−44°10239, HD 138769, HIP 76371, HR 5781, SAO 225950, WDS J15359-4457AB[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

KT Lupi is a visual binary star[5] system in the constellation Lupus. It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.55.[3] As of 1983, the pair had an angular separation of 2.19±0.03.[10] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.6 mas[2] as seen from Earth's orbit, it is located 430 light-years from the Sun. The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +6.5 km/s.[7] It is a member of the Lower Centaurus–Crux sub-group of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.[5]

The primary, component A, is a variable Be star,[6] with the variation being modulated by rotation.[13] It is visual magnitude 4.66[4] with a stellar classification of B3 V,[5] matching a B-type main-sequence star. Hiltner et al. (1969) gave a class of B3 IVp,[14] which is still used in some studies.[8][9][10] It is a helium-weak chemically peculiar star showing an enhanced silicon patch near the equator and a silicon-weak region close to the pole.[10] The star is about 21 million years old with nearly six[8] times the mass of the Sun and three times the Sun's radius.[9] It is radiating roughly 794[10] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 18,400 K.[9]

The secondary companion, component B, is of magnitude 6.62[4] with a class of B6 V.[5] It has 2.79 times the Sun's mass.[11]

References

  1. "Hipparcos Tools Interactive Data Access". ESA. https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hipparcos/interactive-data-access. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 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. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Chen, Christine H. et al. (September 2012), "A Spitzer MIPS Study of 2.5-2.0 M Stars in Scorpius–Centaurus", The Astrophysical Journal 756 (2): 24, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/756/2/133, 133, Bibcode2012ApJ...756..133C. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Samus', N. N; Kazarovets, E. V; Durlevich, O. V; Kireeva, N. N; Pastukhova, E. N (2017), "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1", Astronomy Reports 61 (1): 80, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, Bibcode2017ARep...61...80S. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 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. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 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, Bibcode2011MNRAS.410..190T. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Arcos, C. et al. (March 2018), "Stellar parameters and H α line profile variability of Be stars in the BeSOS survey", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 474 (4): 5287–5299, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx3075, Bibcode2018MNRAS.474.5287A. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Briquet, M. et al. (January 2007), "Discovery of magnetic fields in three He variable Bp stars with He and Si spots", Astronomische Nachrichten 328 (1): 41–45, doi:10.1002/asna.200610702, Bibcode2007AN....328...41B. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Kouwenhoven, M. B. N. et al. (October 2007), "The primordial binary population. II. Recovering the binary population for intermediate mass stars in Scorpius OB2", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (1): 77–104, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077719, Bibcode2007A&A...474...77K. 
  12. "KT Lup". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=KT+Lup. 
  13. Briquet, M. et al. (January 2004), "He and Si surface inhomogeneities of four Bp variable stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 413: 273–283, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031450, Bibcode2004A&A...413..273B 
  14. Hiltner, W. A. et al. (July 1969), "MK Spectral Types for Bright Southern OB Stars", Astrophysical Journal 157: 313, doi:10.1086/150069, Bibcode1969ApJ...157..313H