Sigma Leonis

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Sigma Leonis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 21m 08.1943s[1]
Declination +06° 01 45.558[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)4.044[2]
Characteristics
Spectral typeB9.5Vs[2]
U−B color index–0.12[3]
B−V color index–0.06[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)–5.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –91.76[1] mas/yr
Dec.: –12.83[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)15.24 ± 0.81[1] mas
Distance210 ± 10 ly
(66 ± 3 pc)
Details
Radius3.3[5] R
Surface gravity (log g)3.83 ± 0.03[6] cgs
Temperature10,250[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.0[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)70[7] km/s
Other designations
77 Leo, HR 4386, BD+06 2437, HD 98664, SAO 118804, FK5 427, HIP 55434.[2]

Sigma Leonis (σ Leo) is a blue-white 4th-magnitude star in the constellation Leo.

Sigma Leonis is of the spectral class B9.5Vs and has an apparent magnitude of +4.04.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Perryman, M. A. C.; et al. (April 1997). "The HIPPARCOS Catalogue". Astronomy & Astrophysics 323: L49–L52. Bibcode:1997A&A...323L..49P. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "sig Leo -- Star". SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Johnson, H. L.; Iriarte, B.; Mitchell, R. I.; Wisniewskj, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99). Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  4. Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Bibcode:[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1953QB901.W495..... 1953QB901.W495.....] 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lipski, Ł.; Stȩpień, K. (March 2008). "Effective temperatures of magnetic chemically peculiar stars from full spectral energy distributions". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 385 (1): 481–492. arXiv:0712.3664. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.385..481L. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12856.x. 
  6. Fitzpatrick, E. L.; Massa, D. (March 2005), "Determining the Physical Properties of the B Stars. II. Calibration of Synthetic Photometry", The Astronomical Journal 129 (3): 1642–1662, arXiv:astro-ph/0412542, Bibcode:2005AJ....129.1642F, doi:10.1086/427855 
  7. Bernacca, P. L.; Perinotto, M. (1970). "A catalogue of stellar rotational velocities". Contributi Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova in Asiago 239 (1). Bibcode:1970CoAsi.239....1B. 


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