Astronomy:Mu Capricorni
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Capricornus |
| Right ascension | 21h 53m 17.77054s[1] |
| Declination | −13° 33′ 06.3679″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.081[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F2 V[3] |
| U−B color index | +0.012[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.367[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +311.22[1] mas/yr Dec.: +13.46[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 37.57 ± 0.67[1] mas |
| Distance | 87 ± 2 ly (26.6 ± 0.5 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +2.96±0.04[4] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.29[5] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.8[6] R☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.28[5] cgs |
| Temperature | 6,892±234[5] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.14[4] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 69.3±3.5[7] km/s |
| Age | 1.6±0.3[4] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Mu Capricorni (μ Cap, μ Capricorni) is a solitary[9] star in the southern constellation of Capricornus. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 37.57 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] the star is located about 87 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.081.[2]
It is a yellow-white hued, F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F2 V.[3] It is an estimated 1.6[4] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 69 km/s.[7] The star has 1.29[5] times the mass of the Sun and around 1.8[6] times the Sun's radius, with an effective temperature of 6,892 K.[5]
In Chinese, 哭 (Kū), meaning Crying, refers to an asterism consisting of μ Capricorni and 38 Aquarii.[10] Consequently, the Chinese name for μ Capricorni itself is 哭一 (Kū yī, English: the First Star of Crying.).[11] From this Chinese name, the name Kuh has appeared.[12]
References
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gutierrez-Moreno, A. et al. (1966), "A system of photometric standards", Publicaciones Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile 1: 1, Bibcode: 1966PDAUC...1....1G.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gray, R. O. et al. (2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 pc--The Southern Sample", The Astronomical Journal 132 (1): 161–170, doi:10.1086/504637, Bibcode: 2006AJ....132..161G.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Holmberg, J. et al. (July 2009), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics", Astronomy and Astrophysics 501 (3): 941–947, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191, Bibcode: 2009A&A...501..941H.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 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, Bibcode: 2015ApJ...804..146D.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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, Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Reiners, Ansgar (January 2006), "Rotation- and temperature-dependence of stellar latitudinal differential rotation", Astronomy and Astrophysics 446 (1): 267–277, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053911, Bibcode: 2006A&A...446..267R
- ↑ "mu. Cap -- High proper-motion Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=mu.+Cap, retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ↑ 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, Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E.
- ↑ (in Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN:978-986-7332-25-7.
- ↑ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 5 日
- ↑ Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963), "Capricornus", Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Dover, https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Capricornus*.html, retrieved 2017-05-09.
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