Astronomy:26 Ursae Majoris

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Short description: Star in the constellation Ursa Major
26 Ursae Majoris
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension  09h 34m 49.43259s[1]
Declination +52° 03′ 05.3165″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.47[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type A0 Vn[3]
U−B color index +0.00[4]
B−V color index +0.027±0.013[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+22.2±1.1[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −65.74[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −37.32[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.44 ± 0.19[1] mas
Distance262 ± 4 ly
(80 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.06[2]
Details
Mass2.16[6] M
Radius2.2[7] R
Luminosity99.2[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.94[6] cgs
Temperature9,757±332[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)165[3] km/s
Age147[6] Myr
Other designations
26 UMa, BD+52°1402, HD 82621, HIP 47006, HR 3799, SAO 27298[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

26 Ursae Majoris is a single[9] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major, located 262 light years away from the Sun.[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.47.[2] The object is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +22 km/s.[5]

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 Vn,[3] where the 'n' indicates "nebulous" lines in the spectrum due to rapid rotation. It has a high rate of spin with a projected rotational velocity of 165 km/s,[3] which is giving it an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 8% larger than the polar radius.[10] The star is 147[6] million years old with just over double[6] the mass of the Sun and twice[7] the Sun's radius. It is radiating 99[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,757 K.[6]

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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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 3.3 Abt, Helmut A.; Morrell, Nidia I. (1995). "The Relation between Rotational Velocities and Spectral Peculiarities among A-Type Stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement 99: 135. doi:10.1086/192182. Bibcode1995ApJS...99..135A. 
  4. Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal 804 (2): 146. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. Bibcode2015ApJ...804..146D. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics 367: 521–524, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  8. "26 UMa". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=26+UMa. 
  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): 869–879. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  10. van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 20 (1): 51, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, Bibcode2012A&ARv..20...51V