Upsilon1 Cassiopeiae
Upsilon1 Cassiopeiae (υ1 Cassiopeiae) is an astrometric binary[9] star system in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.82.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 9.93 mas as seen from Earth,[1] this system is located about 330 light years from the Sun.
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Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Cassiopeia |
Right ascension | 00h 55m 00.15523s[1] |
Declination | +58° 58′ 21.7108″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.82[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K2 III[3] |
U−B color index | +1.25[2] |
B−V color index | +1.21[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −23.57[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −33.50±0.36[1] mas/yr Dec.: −40.82±0.33[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 9.93 ± 0.49[1] mas |
Distance | 330 ± 20 ly (101 ± 5 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.644[4] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.39[5] M☉ |
Radius | 21[6] R☉ |
Luminosity | 174[5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 1.76[4] cgs |
Temperature | 4,422±14[5] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.25[4] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.1[7] km/s |
Age | 4.75[5] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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The visible component is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III.[3] With an estimated age of 4.75 billion years,[5] it is a red clump star that is generating energy through the fusion of helium at its core.[10] The measured angular diameter, after correction for limb darkening, is 1.97±0.02 mas.[11] At the estimated distance of the star, this yields a physical size of about 21 times the radius of the Sun.[6] It has 1.39 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 174 times the Sun's luminosity from its expanded photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,422 K.[5]
There is a magnitude 12.50 visual companion at an angular separation of 17.80 arc seconds along a position angle of 61°, as of 2003. A more distant magnitude 12.89 companion lies at a separation of 93.30 arc seconds along a position angle of 125°, as measured in 2003. Neither star appears to be physically associated with υ1 Cas.[12]
References
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- Luck, R. Earle (September 2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", The Astronomical Journal, 150 (3): 23, arXiv:1507.01466, Bibcode:2015AJ....150...88L, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88, 88.
- Lang, Kenneth R. (2006), Astrophysical formulae, Astronomy and astrophysics library, 1 (3rd ed.), Birkhäuser, ISBN 3-540-29692-1. The radius (R*) is given by:
- De Medeiros, J. R.; et al. (November 2000), "Rotation and lithium in single giant stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 363: 239–243, arXiv:astro-ph/0010273, Bibcode:2000A&A...363..239D.
- "ups01 Cas". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
- 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, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.
- Valentini, M.; Munari, U. (November 2010), "A spectroscopic survey of faint, high-Galactic-latitude red clump stars. I. The high resolution sample", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 522: A79, arXiv:1007.0207, Bibcode:2010A&A...522A..79V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014870.
- Richichi, A.; et al. (February 2005), "CHARM2: An updated Catalog of High Angular Resolution Measurements", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 431 (2): 773–777, Bibcode:2005A&A...431..773R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042039.
- Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920.