23 Vulpeculae
23 Vulpeculae is a triple star[12] system in the northern constellation of Vulpecula. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.52[2] and it is located approximately 340 light years away from the Sun based on parallax.[1] The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +1.47 km/s.[4]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Vulpecula |
Right ascension | 20h 15m 46.13481s[1] |
Declination | 27° 48′ 51.2787″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.52[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K3- III Fe-1[3] |
U−B color index | +1.11[2] |
B−V color index | +1.26[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +1.47[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −34.27[1] mas/yr Dec.: +6.41[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 9.63 ± 0.46[1] mas |
Distance | 340 ± 20 ly (104 ± 5 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | -0.58[5] |
Orbit[6] | |
Primary | 23 Vul Aa |
Companion | 23 Vul Ab |
Period (P) | 25.33 yr |
Semi-major axis (a) | 0.111″ |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.400 |
Inclination (i) | 71.5° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 97.5° |
Periastron epoch (T) | 2009.56 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 293.8° |
Details | |
23 Vul A | |
Mass | 2.4[7] M☉ |
Luminosity | 146[5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 0.89[8] cgs |
Temperature | 4,429[9] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.03[5] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.7[10] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Component A forms a binary system with an orbital period of 25.33 years, an eccentricity of 0.40, and a semimajor axis of 0.11″.[6] The 4.80 magnitude member of this pair, component Aa is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3- III Fe-1,[3] where the suffix indicates an underabundance of iron in the spectrum. This star has 2.4[7] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 146[5] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,429 K.[9] Its companion, component Ab, has magnitude 6.5.[6] The tertiary member, component B, has a separation of 0.26" and a magnitude of 6.94.[7][13][12]
References
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- Famaey, B.; Jorissen, A.; Luri, X.; Mayor, M.; Udry, S.; Dejonghe, H.; Turon, C. (2005). "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 430: 165. arXiv:astro-ph/0409579. Bibcode:2005A&A...430..165F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272.
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- "Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars". United States Naval Observatory. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-06-02 – via Naval Oceanography Portal. Contains data from Hartkopf, W. I.; Mason, B. D.; Worley, C. E. (2001). Fifth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars.
- Malkov, O. Yu.; Tamazian, V. S.; Docobo, J. A.; Chulkov, D. A. (2012). "Dynamical masses of a selected sample of orbital binaries". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546: A69. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..69M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219774. Vizier catalog entry
- Soubiran, Caroline; Le Campion, Jean-François; Brouillet, Nathalie; Chemin, Laurent (2016). "The PASTEL catalogue: 2016 version". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 591: A118. arXiv:1605.07384. Bibcode:2016A&A...591A.118S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628497.
- McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–357. arXiv:1208.2037. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. Vizier catalog entry
- De Medeiros, J. R.; Mayor, M. (1999). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 139 (3): 433. arXiv:astro-ph/0608248. Bibcode:1999A&AS..139..433D. doi:10.1051/aas:1999401. Vizier catalog entry
- "23 Vul". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Vizier catalog entry
- Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vizier catalog entry
External links
- 23 Vulpeculae on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images