Astronomy:52 Cygni

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Short description: Binary star system in the constellation Cygnus
52 Cygni
Cygnus constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of 52 Cygni (circled)
Observation data
{{#ifeq:J2000|J2000.0 (ICRS)|Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)| Epoch J2000      [[Astronomy:Equinox (celestial coordinates)|Equinox J2000}}
Constellation Cygnus
A
Right ascension  20h 45m 39.75304s[1]
Declination +30° 43′ 10.9756″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.22[2]
B
Right ascension  20h 45m 40.206s[3]
Declination +30° 43′ 12.96″[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.06[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type G9.5III[4]
U−B color index +0.88[2]
B−V color index +1.05[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)–0.72[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –8.98[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +24.11[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)16.22 ± 0.19[1] mas
Distance201 ± 2 ly
(61.7 ± 0.7 pc)
Details
Mass2.07[6] M
Radius13.81[6] R
Luminosity89[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.5[7] cgs
Temperature4,677[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.24[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.7[7] km/s
Age2.27[6] Gyr
Other designations
ADS 14259, BD+30 4167, WDS J20456+3043, CCDM J20457+3043
A: HR 7942, HD 197912, HIP 102453, SAO 70467
B: TYC 2687-2652-1
Database references
SIMBADA
B
52 Cygni with NGC 6960, part of the Veil Nebula

52 Cygni is a giant star in the northern constellation of Cygnus with an apparent magnitude of 4.22. Based on its Hipparcos parallax, it is about 291 light-years (89 pc) away.

52 Cygni is a probable horizontal branch (red clump) star, fusing helium in its core, although there is a 25% chance that it is still on the red giant branch (RGB) and fusing hydrogen in a shell around an insert core. As a clump giant it would be 2.27 billion years old, but only 910 million years if 52 Cygni is an RGB star.[6] It shines with a bolometric luminosity of about 90 L at an effective temperature of 4,677 K.[7] It has a radius of about 14 R.[6]

At an angular separation of 6.0″ from 52 Cygni is a faint magnitude 9.5 companion.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V Vizier catalog entry
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. SIMBAD, Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P. et al. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27. Bibcode2000A&A...355L..27H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  5. Famaey, B. et al. (January 2005), "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters", Astronomy and Astrophysics 430 (1): 165–186, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272, Bibcode2005A&A...430..165F 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Reffert, Sabine; Bergmann, Christoph; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Trifonov, Trifon; Künstler, Andreas (2015). "Precise radial velocities of giant stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 574: A116. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322360. Bibcode2015A&A...574A.116R. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Massarotti, Alessandro et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and radial velocities for a sample of 761 HIPPARCOS giants and the role of binarity", The Astronomical Journal 135 (1): 209–231, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209, Bibcode2008AJ....135..209M