29 Vulpeculae

29 Vulpeculae
Location of 29 Vulpeculae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension 20h 38m 31.32904s[1]
Declination 21° 12′ 04.3763″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.82[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A0V[3]
U−B color index −0.07[2]
B−V color index −0.02[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−17.10[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +78.741[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −4.572[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)15.6257 ± 0.3374 mas[1]
Distance209 ± 5 ly
(64 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.56[5]
Details
Mass2.67[3] M☉
Luminosity71[3] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.20[6] cgs
Temperature10,507[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.15[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)52[3] km/s
Age254[6] Myr
Other designations
29 Vul, BD+20°4658, FK5 1539, HD 196724, HIP 101867, HR 7891, SAO 88944[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

29 Vulpeculae is a suspected astrometric binary star system in the northern constellation Vulpecula. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.82.[2] The system lies approximately 209 light years away from the Sun based on parallax,[1] and is a member of the IC 2391 supercluster.[8] It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −17 km/s.[4]

Radial velocity measurements from High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher with an amplitude of 4 km/s indicate that it is a spectroscopic binary of unknown period.[9] The visible component is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0V,[3] and has some slight abundance anomalies that resemble a weak Am star.[10] It is catalogued as a shell star, showing spectral features of a cooler circumstellar jacket of gas,[11] and may be a proto-shell star.[10] The star is an estimated 254[6] million years old with a relatively low projected rotational velocity of 52 km/s.[3] It has 2.67[3] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 71[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,507 K.[6]

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 537: A120. arXiv:1201.2052. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. S2CID 55586789. Vizier catalog entry
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b 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
  6. ^ a b c d e 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. arXiv:1501.03154. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. S2CID 33401607. Vizier catalog entry
  7. ^ "29 Vul". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eggen1995 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Borgniet2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Adelman1998 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hauck2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).