Astronomy:Rho Pegasi

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Short description: Star in the constellation Pegasus
Rho Pegasi
Pegasus constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of ρ Pegasi (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension  22h 55m 13.66706s[1]
Declination 8° 48′ 58.2387″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.90[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1V[3]
U−B color index +0.00[2]
B−V color index +0.00[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−10.6±0.9[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +80.370[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +13.282[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)11.9131 ± 0.2232[1] mas
Distance274 ± 5 ly
(84 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.01[5]
Details
Mass2.84[6] M
Radius3.1[7] R
Luminosity110[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.90[8] cgs
Temperature9,484[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)107[6] km/s
Age331[8] Myr
Other designations
ρ Peg, 50 Peg, BD+08° 4961, GC 31963, HD 216735, HIP 113186, HR 8717, SAO 127839[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Rho Pegasi, Latinized from ρ Pegasi, is a star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, near the southern constellation boundary with Pisces. This is a probable astrometric binary system, as determined by changes to the proper motion of the visible component.[10] It has a white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.90.[2] The system is located at a distance of approximately 274 light years from the Sun based on parallax,[1] but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −10.6 km/s.[4]

This visible component is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A1V.[3] The star is 331[8] million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 107 km/s.[6] It has 2.8[6] times the mass of the Sun and 3.1[7] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 110[6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,484 K.[6]

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. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2237. Bibcode2002yCat.2237....0D. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cowley, A. et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406, doi:10.1086/110819, Bibcode1969AJ.....74..375C 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  5. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A.  Vizier catalog entry
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 537: A120. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. Bibcode2012A&A...537A.120Z.  Vizier catalog entry
  7. 7.0 7.1 Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (1999). "Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: Masses, radii and effective temperatures". Astronomy and Astrophysics 352: 555–562. Bibcode1999A&A...352..555A.  Vizier catalog entry
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal 804 (2): 146. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. Bibcode2015ApJ...804..146D.  Vizier catalog entry
  9. "rho Peg". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=rho+Peg. 
  10. 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, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E.