Astronomy:Mu Phoenicis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Phoenix
Mu Phoenicis
Phoenix constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of μ Phoenicis (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension  00h 41m 19.55229s[1]
Declination −46° 05′ 06.0184″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.59[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G8III[3]
U−B color index +0.72[2]
B−V color index +0.97[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+17.41±0.16[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −28.20[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +1.80[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.27 ± 0.23[1] mas
Distance246 ± 4 ly
(75 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.21[5]
Details
Mass2.50[6] M
Radius13.15+2.59
−2.28
[4] R
Luminosity96.6±2.4[4] L
Temperature4,900[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.4[8] km/s
Age1.4[6] Gyr
Other designations
μ Phe, CD−46°180, FK5 1015, GC 823, HD 3919, HIP 3245, HR 180, SAO 215194[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

μ Phoenicis, Latinized as Mu Phoenicis, is a suspected astrometric binary[10] star system in the southern constellation of Phoenix. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.59.[2] This system is located approximately 246 light years distant from the Sun based on parallax,[1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +17.4 km/s.[4]

The visible component is an aging G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G8III.[3] Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, this star cooled and expanded off the main sequence. At present it has 13[4] times the girth of the Sun. It is 1.4[6] billion years old with 2.5[6] times the mass of the Sun. It is radiating 97[4] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,900 K.[7]

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 Houk, Nancy (1978). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. 2. Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan. Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 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.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  5. 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 6.2 6.3 Luck, R. Earle (2015). "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants". The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 88. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88. Bibcode2015AJ....150...88L. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Gontcharov, G. A. (2009). "Red giant clump in the Tycho-2 catalogue". Astronomy Letters 34 (11): 785–796. doi:10.1134/S1063773708110078. Bibcode2008AstL...34..785G.  Vizier catalog entry
  8. De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 561: A126. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. Bibcode2014A&A...561A.126D.  Vizier catalog entry
  9. "mu Phe". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=mu+Phe. 
  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.