Astronomy:Omicron Aurigae

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Short description: Star in the constellation Auriga
Omicron Aurigae
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension  05h 45m 54.04306s[1]
Declination +49° 49′ 34.6097″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.47[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1 Cr Eu[3]
U−B color index +0.02
B−V color index +0.02[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−7.7±0.9[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −6.97[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −1.22[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.89 ± 0.84[1] mas
Distanceapprox. 410 ly
(approx. 130 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.03[6]
Details
Luminosity95[6] L
Temperature8,660[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)29[8] km/s
Other designations
ο Aur, 27 Aur, BD+49° 1398, FK5 216, HD 38104, HIP 27196, HR 1971, SAO 40583[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Omicron Aurigae, Latinized from ο Aurigae, is the Bayer designation for an astrometric binary[10] star system in the northern constellation of Auriga. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.47,[2] it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.89 ± 0.84 mas,[1] it is approximately 413 light-years (127 parsecs) distant from Earth. The star is a member of the Ursa Major stream of co-moving stars.[11]

The visible component is a chemically peculiar star with a stellar classification of A1 Cr Eu; meaning this is an A-type star with a spectrum that shows abnormally high abundances of chromium (Cr) and europium (Eu).[3] A magnetic field has been detected and it is a source of X-ray emission with a luminosity of: log Lx = 29.1.[11] It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 29 km/s[8] and is radiating 95[6] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,660 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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99): 99, Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Renson, P.; Manfroid, J. (May 2009), "Catalogue of Ap, HgMn and Am stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 498 (3): 961–966, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810788, Bibcode2009A&A...498..961R, https://zenodo.org/record/890529. 
  4. Deutschman, W. A. et al. (February 1976), "The galactic distribution of interstellar absorption as determined from the Celescope catalog of ultraviolet stellar observations and a new catalogue of UBV, Hbeta photoelectric observations", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 30: 97–225, doi:10.1086/190359, Bibcode1976ApJS...30...97D. 
  5. 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. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 McDonald, I. et al. (2012), "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–357, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Royer, F. et al. (October 2002), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i", Astronomy and Astrophysics 393: 897–911, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020943, Bibcode2002A&A...393..897R. 
  9. "omi Aur". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=omi+Aur. 
  10. Makarov, V. V.; Kaplan, G. H. (May 2005), "Statistical Constraints for Astrometric Binaries with Nonlinear Motion", The Astronomical Journal 129 (5): 2420–2427, doi:10.1086/429590, Bibcode2005AJ....129.2420M, https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA433654.pdf. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Panzera, M. R. et al. (August 1999), "X-ray emission from A0-F6 spectral type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 348: 161–169, Bibcode1999A&A...348..161P. 

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