Astronomy:17 Comae Berenices

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Short description: Multiple star system in the constellation Coma Berenices
17 Comae Berenices
Coma Berenices IAU.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of 17 Com (circled)
Observation data
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Constellation Coma Berenices
17 Com A
Right ascension  12h 28m 54.703s[1]
Declination +25° 54′ 46.27″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.242±0.004[2]
17 Com BC
Right ascension  12h 28m 44.565s[3]
Declination +25° 53′ 57.56″[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.635[4]
Characteristics
17 Com A
Spectral type A0p[5]
A0 SrCrEu[2]
B−V color index −0.056±0.009[6]
Variable type α2 CVn + δ Sct(?)[7]
17 Com BC
Spectral type kA2hA9VmF0[8]
U−B color index 0.084[4]
B−V color index 0.216[4]
Astrometry
17 Com A
Radial velocity (Rv)−1.4±0.5[9] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −23.539[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −15.620[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.5382 ± 0.2245[1] mas
Distance241 ± 4 ly
(74 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.98[6]
17 Com BC
Radial velocity (Rv)−1.8±0.1[10] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −22.296 mas/yr
Dec.: −17.071 mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.6383 ± 0.0913[3] mas
Distance239 ± 2 ly
(73.3 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.46[6]
Orbit[11]
Primary17 Com B
Companion17 Com C
Period (P)68.290±0.012 d
Eccentricity (e)0.296±0.008
Periastron epoch (T)2,448,313.4±0.4 JD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
260.7±2.2°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
14.0±0.2 km/s
Details
17 Com A
Mass2.38 M[2]
2.61 M[12]
2.75±0.3[13] M
Radius2.09[5] R
Luminosity42.7[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.27 cgs[12]
3.70±0.20[13] cgs
Temperature10,212 K[5]
9,309±250[13] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)20.4±0.4[5] km/s
Age101[12] Myr
17 Com BC
Mass1.74±0.6[14] M
Surface gravity (log g)4.29±0.20[14] cgs
Temperature8,068±200[14] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)22[4] km/s
Other designations
BU 1080, 17 Com, ADS 8568, WDS J12289+2555[15][16]
17 Com A: AI Com, BD+26°2354, GC 17012, HD 108662, HIP 60904, HR 4752, SAO 82330[15]
17 Com B: BD+26°2353, GC 17007, HD 108651, HIP 60891, HR 4751, SAO 82328[16]
Database references
17 Com A
SIMBADdata
17 Com B
SIMBADdata

17 Comae Berenices (17 Com) is a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. The brighter component, 17 Com A, is a naked eye star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.2.[2] It has a faint companion of magnitude 6.6,[6] 17 Com B, positioned at an angular separation of 146.4 along a position angle of 251°, as of 2018.[17] They are located at a distance of approximately 240 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements.[1]

The double nature of this system was documented by F. G. W. Struve in 1836.[17] The pair share a common proper motion through space[13] and thus may be associated. Component B is itself a binary star system, although only the brighter component is visible in the spectrum.[11] The Washington Double Star Catalogue lists the companion as component C, with a magnitude of 13.7 and a separation of 1.4.[17] 17 Com has been recognized as members of the Coma Star Cluster,[18] but this is disputed.[19]

The star 17 Com A was classified as chemically peculiar by A. J. Cannon prior to 1918.[20] W. W. Morgan in 1932 found the star's spectral lines varied in strength and appearance,[21] and detected lines of the element europium.[22] H. W. Babcock and T. G. Cowling measured the Zeeman effect in this star, demonstrating in 1953 that it has a magnetic field.[23] In 1967, E. P. J. van den Heuvel noted the blue excess of this star, suggesting it is a blue straggler.[24] G. W. Preston and associates in 1969 found that the luminosity and magnetic field of this star varied in strength with a time scale of around five days.[25]

A light curve for AI Comae Berenices, plotted from TESS data[26]

17 Com A is a magnetic chemically peculiar Ap star with a stellar classification of A0p[5] or A0 SrCrEu,[2] with the latter indicating the spectrum shows abundance anomalies of the elements strontium, chromium, and europium. The level of silicon in the atmosphere is also enhanced[27] and it shows a significant helium deficiency.[5] It has the variable star designation of AI Com, and is classified as an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable and a suspected Delta Scuti variable.[7] It has been identified as a suspected blue straggler.[13]

The primary has an estimated age of 101[12] million years and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 20 km/s.[5] It has more than double the mass and twice the radius of the Sun.[2][5] The magnetic field strength is 3,300±150 G.[5] It is radiating 43[5] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 10,000 K.[5][13]

The co-moving companion, component B, is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 68.3 days and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.3.[11] The visible member of this binary pair is a strong Am star[4] with a class of kA2hA9VmF0,[8] indicating it has the Calcium K-lines of an A0 star, the hydrogen lines of an A9 star, and the metallic lines of an F0 star.[28]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Paunzen, E. et al. (July 2021), "Magnetic chemically peculiar stars investigated by the Solar Mass Ejection Imager", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 504 (3): 3758–3772, doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1100, Bibcode2021MNRAS.504.3758P. 
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