Astronomy:Pi Capricorni

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Short description: Star in the constellation Capricornus
Pi Capricorni
Capricornus constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of π Capricorni (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Capricornus
Right ascension  20h 27m 19.21088s[1]
Declination −18° 12′ 42.1980″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.096[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B8 II-III[3] or B3-5 V[4]
U−B color index −0.311[2]
B−V color index +0.013[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−13[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +16.914[6] mas/yr
Dec.: −16.983[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.9614 ± 0.3495[6] mas
Distance660 ± 50 ly
(200 ± 10 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.01[7]
Details
π Cap Aa
Mass5.9±0.1[8] M
Luminosity238[9] L
Temperature9,623[9] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)30[10] km/s
Age43.4±7.8[8] Myr
Other designations
Okul, π Cap, 10 Cap, ADS 13860, BD−18° 5685, HD 194636, HIP 100881, HR 7814, SAO 163592, WDS J20273-1813AB[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Pi Capricorni, Latinized from π Capricorni, is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Capricornus. It has the traditional star name Okul[citation needed] or Oculus (meaning eye in Latin).[12] This system appears blue-white in hue and is visible to the naked eye as a 5th magnitude star.[2] It is located approximately 660 light years distant from the Sun based on parallax,[6] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −13 km/s.[5]

In Chinese, 牛宿 (Niú Su), meaning Ox (asterism), refers to an asterism consisting of π Capricorni, β Capricorni, α2 Capricorni, ξ2 Capricorni, ο Capricorni and ρ Capricorni.[13] Consequently, the Chinese name for π Capricorni itself is 牛宿四 (Niú Su sì, English: the Fourth Star of Ox.)[14]

The primary member, component A, is a spectroscopic binary whose two components are separated by 0.1 arcseconds. The brighter of the two, component Aa, is a blue-white B-type bright giant or main sequence star with an apparent magnitude of +5.08. It is around 43 million years old with six times the mass of the Sun.[8] The star is radiating 238 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,623 K.[9] The third member, component B, is an eighth magnitude star at an angular separation of 3.4 from the primary.[15]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 Rakos, K. D. et al. (February 1982), "Photometric and astrometric observations of close visual binaries", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 47: 221–235, Bibcode1982A&AS...47..221R. 
  3. Cowley, A. (November 1972), "Spectral classification of the bright B8 stars", Astronomical Journal 77: 750–755, doi:10.1086/111348, Bibcode1972AJ.....77..750C. 
  4. Houk, N.; Smith-Moore, M. (1988), Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars, 4, Bibcode1988mcts.book.....H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington), Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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.
  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 Tetzlaff, N. et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410 (1): 190–200, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, Bibcode2011MNRAS.410..190T. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 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. 
  10. Abt, Helmut A. et al. (July 2002), "Rotational Velocities of B Stars", The Astrophysical Journal 573 (1): 359–365, doi:10.1086/340590, Bibcode2002ApJ...573..359A. 
  11. "pi. Cap". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=pi.+Cap. 
  12. Oculus, constellationsofwords, http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Oculus.html, retrieved 2017-05-13. 
  13. (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.
  14. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 13 日
  15. Mason, Brian D. et al. (2001), "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M. 

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