Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

CW Octantis

Topic: Astronomy

 From HandWiki - Reading time: 4 min
Short description: Star in the constellation of Octans
CW Octantis
CWOctLightCurve.png
A light curve for CW Octantis, plotted from TESS data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Octans
Right ascension  17h 00m 58.51777s[2]
Declination −86° 21′ 51.4707″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.03±0.01[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage subgiant[4]
Spectral type A3 IV[5]
U−B color index +0.02[6]
B−V color index +0.05[6]
Variable type α2 CVn[7]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)7.1±0.5[8] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +8.413[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −0.032[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.1828 ± 0.0486[2] mas
Distance629 ± 6 ly
(193 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.36[9]
Details
Mass2.98±0.05[4] M☉
Radius4.64[10] R☉
Luminosity111[11] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.45±0.07[12] cgs
Temperature8,791[13] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.6[14] dex
Rotation≈2.8 days[13]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)92±6[13] km/s
Age188±4[4] Myr
Other designations
CW Octantis, CD−86°100, CPD−86°333, FK5 921, GC 22519, HD 148542, HIP 83255, HR 6139, SAO 258751[15]
Database references
SIMBADdata

CW Octantis, also known as HD 148542, is a solitary, white hued variable star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.03, allowing it to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements from Gaia DR3 place the object at a distance of 629 light years. It appears to be receding from the Solar System with a heliocentric radial velocity of 7.1 km/s.

CW Octantis has a stellar classification of A3 IV, indicating that it is an evolved A-type star heading towards the red giant branch. Zorec and Royer (2012) model it as a dwarf star that has just reached the end of its main sequence lifetime.[4] It has 2.98 times the mass of the Sun[4] and 4.6 times its radius.[10] It radiates 111 times the luminosity of the Sun[11] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,791 K.[13] CW Octantis is estimated to be 188 million years old.[4]

This object is classified as a Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable.[7] Most stars of this class have chemical peculiarities in their spectra, but CW Octantis seems to be ordinary. Renson and Manfroid (2009) consider its peculiarity status to be doubtful.[16] Nevertheless, CW Octantis fluctuates between 6.05 and 6.07 in the Hipparcos passband within 2.63 days.[17] It takes 2.8 days to complete a full a rotation, which corresponds to a projected rotational velocity of 92 km/s.[13]

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 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. ↑ Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P. et al. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27–L30. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2000A&A...355L..27H. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (January 2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities". Astronomy and Astrophysics 537: A120. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A.120Z. 
  5. ↑ de Vaucouleurs, A. (1 August 1957). "Spectral Types and Luminosities of B, A and F Southern Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 117 (4): 449–462. doi:10.1093/mnras/117.4.449. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 1957MNRAS.117..449D. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4: 99–110. Bibcode: 1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Samus’, N. N.; Goranskii, V. P.; Durlevich, O. V.; Zharova, A. V.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N.; Williams, D. B. et al. (July 2003). "An electronic version of the second volume of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars with improved coordinates". Astronomy Letters 29 (7): 468–479. doi:10.1134/1.1589864. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode: 2003AstL...29..468S. 
  8. ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (November 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. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode: 2006AstL...32..759G. 
  9. ↑ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331–346. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (2022). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3". Astronomy & Astrophysics 657: A7. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142146. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2022A&A...657A...7K. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (21 November 2012). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars: Parameters and IR excesses from Hipparcos". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–357. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427..343M. 
  12. ↑ Stassun, Keivan G. et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. Bibcode: 2019AJ....158..138S. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Reiners, A.; Royer, F. (February 2004). "First signatures of strong differential rotation in A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 415 (1): 325–329. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034175. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2004A&A...415..325R. 
  14. ↑ Rainer, M.; Poretti, E.; Mistò, A.; Panzera, M. R.; Molinaro, M.; Cepparo, F.; Roth, M.; Michel, E. et al. (5 December 2016). "The SpaceInn-SISMA Database: Characterization of a Large Sample of Variable and Active Stars by Means of Harps Spectra". The Astronomical Journal 152 (6): 207. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/207. Bibcode: 2016AJ....152..207R. 
  15. ↑ "CW Oct". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=CW+Oct. 
  16. ↑ Renson, P.; Manfroid, J. (19 March 2009). "Catalogue of Ap, HgMn and Am stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 498 (3): 961–966. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810788. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2009A&A...498..961R. 
  17. ↑ Watson, C. L.; Henden, A. A.; Price, A. (May 2006). "The International Variable Star Index (VSX)". Society for Astronomical Sciences Annual Symposium 25: 47. Bibcode: 2006SASS...25...47W. 
Cite error: <ref> tag with name "Gould1879" defined in <references> is not used in prior text.



Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Astronomy:CW_Octantis&oldid=3424426"
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Astronomy:CW_Octantis
14 views | Status: cached on July 19 2024 16:09:28
↧ Download this article as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF