Lambda Capricorni
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Capricornus |
| Right ascension | 21h 46m 32.09739s[1] |
| Declination | −11° 21′ 57.4391″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.56[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A1 V[3] |
| B−V color index | −0.01[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −2.4[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +28.92[1] mas/yr Dec.: −9.66[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 11.58 ± 0.30[1] mas |
| Distance | 282 ± 7 ly (86 ± 2 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.50[5] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.2[6] R☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.15±0.14[5] cgs |
| Temperature | 10,674±363[5] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 192.5±5.7[7] km/s |
| Age | 155[5] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Lambda Capricorni (λ Cap, λ Capricorni) is a solitary[9] star in the southern constellation of Capricornus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.56.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 11.58 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] the star is located about 282 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.11 due to interstellar dust.[10]
This is a white-hued A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A1 V.[3] It is a magnetic Ap star, indicating the spectrum displays chemically peculiar features.[7] The star has an estimated 2.50[5] times the mass of the Sun and about 2.2[6] times the Sun's radius. It is 155[5] million years old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 192.5 km/s.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, arXiv:0708.1752
, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. - 1 2 3 Corben, P. M.; Stoy, R. H. (1968), "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, 27: 11, Bibcode:1968MNSSA..27...11C.
- 1 2 Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463 (2): 671–682, Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R, arXiv:astro-ph/0610785 , doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224.
- ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters, 32 (11): 759–771, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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, Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D, arXiv:1501.03154 , doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146.
- 1 2 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics (3rd ed.), 367: 521–524, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289 , doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451.
- 1 2 3 Wraight, K. T.; et al. (February 2012), "A photometric study of chemically peculiar stars with the STEREO satellites - I. Magnetic chemically peculiar stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 420 (1): 757−772, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.420..757W, arXiv:1110.6283 , doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20090.x.
- ↑ "lam Cap -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ↑ 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, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, arXiv:0806.2878 , doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.
- ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012), "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars", Astronomy Letters, 38 (11): 694−706, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..694G, arXiv:1606.09028 , doi:10.1134/S1063773712110035.