Gamma Tucanae

γ Tucanae
Location of γ Tucanae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Tucana
Right ascension 23h 17m 25.77222s[1]
Declination −58° 14′ 08.6287″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +3.99[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F1 III[2][3] or F3 IV/V[4] or F4 V[5]
U−B color index -0.02[6]
B−V color index +0.39[6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+18.4±0.7[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -35.83[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +81.16[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)43.37 ± 0.63 mas[1]
Distance75 ± 1 ly
(23.1 ± 0.3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.18[8]
Details
Mass1.55[2] M☉
Radius2.2[9] R☉
Luminosity11.33[8] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.92[10] cgs
Temperature6,679[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.22[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)94[11] km/s
Age1.414[10] Gyr
Other designations
γ Tuc, CPD−58° 8062, FK5 877, GC 32413, GJ 9818, HD 219571, HIP 114996, HR 8848, SAO 247814, GSC 08837-01297[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gamma Tucanae, Latinized from γ Tucanae, is a star in the constellation Tucana, marking the toucan's beak.[13] It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.99.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 43.37 mas as seen from Earth,[1] this star is located about 75 light years from the Sun. It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +18 km/s.[7]

There is disagreement in the literature as to the stellar classification of this star. Malaroda (1975) has it catalogued as F1 III, which would suggest it is an evolved F-type giant star.[3] Houk (1979) listed it as F3 IV/V, which appears to indicate a less evolved F-type star transitioning between the main sequence and subgiant star.[4] Gray et al. (2006) has it classed as F4 V, which would match an ordinary F-type main-sequence star.[5]

This star is a suspected astrometric binary.[14] The visible component has 1.55 times the mass of the Sun[2] and 2.2[9] times the Sun's radius. At the age of around 1.4[10] billion years, it retains a relatively high rate of spin with a projected rotational velocity of 94 km/s.[11] It is radiating 11[8] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,679 K.[10]

Gamma Tucanae may (95% chance) have a distant co-moving companion – a magnitude 6.64 G-type main-sequence star of class G0 V designated HD 223913. This object has the same mass as the Sun and is separated from Gamma Tucanae by about 11 ly (3.5 pc).[15]

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  2. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference apjss192_1_2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ a b Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
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  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b c d 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
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  10. ^ 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
  11. ^ a b Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H. 5050. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.
  12. ^ "Gamma Tucanae". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  13. ^ Knobel, E. B. (1917). "On Frederick de Houtman's Catalogue of Southern Stars, and the Origin of the Southern Constellations". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 77 (5): 414–32 [430]. Bibcode:1917MNRAS..77..414K. doi:10.1093/mnras/77.5.414.
  14. ^ 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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