Astronomy:28 Cancri

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Short description: Binary star in the constellation Cancer
28 Cancri
CXCncLightCurve.png
A light curve for CX Cancri, plotted from TESS data[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension  08h 28m 36.78530s[2]
Declination +24° 08′ 41.7179″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.05[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type F0 Vn[4]
U−B color index +0.13[3]
B−V color index +0.22[3]
Variable type δ Sct[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+9.0±4.3[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −30.946[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −39.719[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.4885 ± 0.1539[2] mas
Distance384 ± 7 ly
(118 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.41[7]
Details
Mass2.36±0.11[8] M
Radius3.7[2] R
Luminosity44[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.61[2] cgs
Temperature7,516+52
−103
[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.16[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)133[8] km/s
Age737[2] Myr
Other designations
28 Cnc, CX Cnc, BD+24°1931, HD 71496, HIP 41574, HR 3329, SAO 80204[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

28 Cancri is a star system in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. It is a variable star with the designation CX Cancri, and is close to the lower limit of visibility with the naked eye, having a mean apparent visual magnitude of 6.05.[3] The annual parallax shift seen from Earth's orbit is 8.5 mas, which provides a distance estimate of about 384 light years. It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of around +9 km/s.[6]

Based upon proper motion variation, this is an astrometric binary system with high likelihood (99.8%).[11] The visible component has a stellar classification of F0 Vn,[4] indicating it is a F-type main-sequence star with "nebulous" lines due to rapid rotation. It is a Delta Scuti variable star with a period of 0.0960 days and an amplitude of 0.020 in magnitude.[12] With 2.4 times the mass of the Sun it is spinning with a high projected rotational velocity of 133 km/s. 28 Cancri is radiating roughly 44 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 7,516 K.

References

  1. "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Oja, T. (August 1991), "UBV photometry of stars whose positions are accurately known. VI", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 89 (2): 415–419, Bibcode1991A&AS...89..415O. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Cowley, A. et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406, doi:10.1086/110819, Bibcode1969AJ.....74..375C. 
  5. Dubath, P. et al. (2011), "Random forest automated supervised classification of Hipparcos periodic variable stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 414 (3): 2602–2617, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18575.x, Bibcode2011MNRAS.414.2602D. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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. 
  7. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 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, A120, Bibcode2012A&A...537A.120Z. 
  9. Netopil, Martin (4 May 2017). "Metallicity calibrations for dwarf stars and giants in the Geneva photometric system". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 469 (3): 3042–3055. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1077. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2017MNRAS.469.3042N. 
  10. "28 Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=28+Cnc. 
  11. Frankowski, A. et al. (March 2007), "Proper-motion binaries in the Hipparcos catalogue. Comparison with radial velocity data", Astronomy and Astrophysics 464 (1): 377–392, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065526, Bibcode2007A&A...464..377F. 
  12. Rodríguez, E. et al. (June 2000), "A revised catalogue of δ Sct stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 144 (3): 469–474, doi:10.1051/aas:2000221, Bibcode2000A&AS..144..469R.