Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Ophiuchus |
Right ascension | 17h 37m 50.71308s[1] |
Declination | −8° 07′ 07.5749″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.62[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B8II-IIIp:Mn[3] |
U−B color index | −0.20[2] |
B−V color index | +0.11[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −18.50[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −11.31[5] mas/yr Dec.: −20.47[5] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 4.32 ± 0.20 mas[5] |
Distance | 750 ± 30 ly (230 ± 10 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | -2.24[6] |
Details | |
Radius | 11.1+2.1 −0.6[1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 398.7±26.8[1] L☉ |
Temperature | 7,748+210 −651[1] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.00[7] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 95[8] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
μ Ophiuchi, Latinized as Mu Ophiuchi, is a solitary,[10] blue-white hued star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. It is visible to the naked as a faint point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.62.[2] This object is located approximately 760 light years away from the Sun based on parallax,[5] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −18.5 km/s.[4]
This object has a stellar classification of B8II-IIIp:Mn,[3] showing a luminosity class with mixed traits of a giant or bright giant star. The suffix notation indicates it is a candidate chemically peculiar star with an overabundance of manganese in its spectrum. It may be a mercury-manganese star.[11] This object has 11 times the radius of the Sun and is radiating nearly 400 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,748 K.[1] It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 95 km/s.[8]
In 2006, a new nearby star cluster, Mamajek 2 (/ˈmæmədʒɛk/), was discovered. Mu Ophiuchi is a candidate member.[12] The cluster has an estimated age of 120±25 million years.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c d 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. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
- ^ a b Cowley, A. (November 1972). "Spectral classification of the bright B8 stars". Astronomical Journal. 77: 750–755. Bibcode:1972AJ.....77..750C. doi:10.1086/111348.
- ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. S2CID 119231169.
- ^ a b c d Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. S2CID 18759600. Vizier catalog entry
- ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644. Vizier catalog entry
- ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters. 38 (12): 771–782. arXiv:1606.08814. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..771G. doi:10.1134/S1063773712120031. S2CID 118345778. Vizier catalog entry
- ^ a b Abt, Helmut A.; et al. (2002). "Rotational Velocities of B Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 573 (1): 359–365. Bibcode:2002ApJ...573..359A. doi:10.1086/340590.
- ^ "mu. Oph". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ 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. S2CID 14878976.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Renson, P.; Manfroid, J. (May 2009). "Catalogue of Ap, HgMn and Am stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 498 (3): 961–966. Bibcode:2009A&A...498..961R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810788.
- ^ Mamajek, Eric E. (2006). "A New Nearby Candidate Star Cluster in Ophiuchus at d = 170 pc". Astronomical Journal. 132 (5): 2198–2205. arXiv:astro-ph/0609064. Bibcode:2006AJ....132.2198M. doi:10.1086/508205. S2CID 14070978.
- ^ Jilinski, E.; et al. (January 2009). "Dynamical Evolution and Spectral Characteristics of the Stellar Group Mamajek 2". The Astrophysical Journal. 691 (1): 212–218. arXiv:0810.1198. Bibcode:2009ApJ...691..212J. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/691/1/212. S2CID 15570695.
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