17 Leporis

17 Leporis

Wide field around SS Leporis. The field of view is approximately 2.7 degrees.
Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Lepus
Right ascension 06h 04m 59.1292s[1]
Declination −16° 29′ 03.965″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.82 to 5.06 (combined)[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1 / M3–4.5
(spectroscopic binary)[3]
U−B color index +0.12 (combined)[4]
B−V color index +0.24 (combined)[4]
R−I color index +0.52 (combined)[4]
Variable type ZAND[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) 18.74 ± 0.10
(center of mass)[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −5.57[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −3.17[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π) 3.05 ± 0.67[1] mas
Distance approx. 1100 ly
(approx. 330 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) −2.6 (combined)[6]
Orbit[5]
Period (P) 260.34 ± 1.80 days
Eccentricity (e) 0.024 ± 0.005
Periastron epoch (T) 2448528.78 ± 0.37 HJD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
203.7 ± 0.4°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
6.1 ± 1.0 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
21.32 ± 0.21 km/s
Other designations
17 Lep, SS Leporis, SS Lep, BD−16 1349, HD 41511, HIP 28816, HR 2148, SAO 151093.[1]
Database references
SIMBAD data

17 Leporis (17 Lep) is a spectroscopic binary star in the constellation of Lepus.[7] It has an overall apparent visual magnitude which varies between 4.82 and 5.06.[2]


References

  1. ^ a b c d e f * 17 Lep -- Emission-line Star, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line September 9, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c SS Lep, database entry, The combined table of GCVS Vols I-III and NL 67-78 with improved coordinates, General Catalogue of Variable Stars, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line September 9, 2009.
  3. ^ §3.1, Direct diameter measurement of a star filling its Roche lobe. The semi-detached binary SS Leporis spatially resolved with VINCI/VLTI, T. Verhoelst, E. van Aarle, and B. Acke, Astronomy and Astrophysics 470, #3 (August 2007), pp. L21–L24, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077840, Bibcode2007A&A...470L..21V.
  4. ^ a b c HR 2148, database entry, The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version), D. Hoffleit and W. H. Warren, Jr., CDS ID V/50. Accessed on line September 9, 2009.
  5. ^ a b Table 2, On the nature of 17 Leporis, Alan D. Welty and Richard A. Wade, The Astronomical Journal 109, #1669 (January 1995), pp. 326–331, doi:10.1086/117276, Bibcode1995AJ....109..326W.
  6. ^ From apparent magnitude and parallax.
  7. ^ §1, Verhoelst, van Aarle, and Acke, 2007.