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    Mu Lyrae

    Topic: Astronomy

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    Short description: Star in the constellation of Lyra
    Mu Lyrae
    Observation data
    Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
    Constellation Lyra
    Right ascension  18h 24m 13.78599s[1]
    Declination +39° 30′ 26.0473″[1]
    Apparent magnitude (V) 5.11[2]
    Characteristics
    Evolutionary stage subgiant[3]
    Spectral type A0 IV[4]
    U−B color index +0.07[5]
    B−V color index +0.047±0.004[2]
    Astrometry
    Radial velocity (Rv)−24.0±4.2[2] km/s
    Proper motion (μ) RA: −21.825±0.260[1] mas/yr
    Dec.: −4.460±0.288[1] mas/yr
    Parallax (π)7.9161 ± 0.1438[1] mas
    Distance412 ± 7 ly
    (126 ± 2 pc)
    Absolute magnitude (MV)–0.53[2]
    Details
    Mass3.04±0.04[3] M☉
    Radius4.5[6] R☉
    Luminosity200+23
    −10    [3] L☉
    Temperature9,016+167
    −165    [3] K
    Rotational velocity (v sin i)165[3] km/s
    Other designations
    μ Lyr, 2 Lyrae, BD+39°3410, HD 169702, HIP 90191, HR 6903, SAO 66943[7]
    Database references
    SIMBADdata

    μ Lyrae, Latinized as Mu Lyrae, is a solitary[8] star in the northern constellation Lyra. It has the traditional name Alathfar /əˈlæθfɑːr/, from the Arabic الأظفار al-ʼaẓfār "the talons (of the swooping eagle)", a name it shares with Eta Lyrae[9] (though the latter is spelled "Aladfar" by the IAU).[10] This white-hued object is visible to the naked eye as faint point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.11.[2] It is located approximately 412 light years distant from the Sun based on parallax,[1] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −24 km/s.[2]

    This object has evolved off the main sequence,[3] becoming a subgiant with a stellar classification of A0 IV.[4] It has a fairly high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 165 km/s.[3] This is giving the star an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 17% larger than the polar radius.[11] The star has three[3] times the mass of the Sun and about 4.5[6] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 200[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,016 K.[3]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A. 
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (January 2012), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities", Astronomy & Astrophysics 537: A120, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691, Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A.120Z. 
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Van Belle, Gerard T.; von Braun, Kaspar (2009). "Directly Determined Linear Radii and Effective Temperatures of Exoplanet Host Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 694 (2): 1085–1098. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/1085. Bibcode: 2009ApJ...694.1085V. 
    5. ↑ Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode: 1986EgUBV........0M. 
    6. ↑ 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 (2): 521–524. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451. Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P. 
    7. ↑ "mu Lyr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=mu+Lyr. 
    8. ↑ 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. 
    9. ↑ Allen, Richard Hinckley (2018). Star-Names and Their Meanings. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 978-0-344-21405-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=TPJAvwEACAAJ. 
    10. ↑ "Naming Stars". IAU.org. https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/. Retrieved 16 December 2017. 
    11. ↑ van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 20 (1): 51, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, Bibcode: 2012A&ARv..20...51V 

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