Theta Ursae Minoris

θ Ursae Minoris
Location of θ Ursae Minoris (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Ursa Minor
Right ascension 15h 31m 25.05417s[1]
Declination +77° 20′ 57.6199″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.982[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K5-III CN0.5[3]
B−V color index +1.553[2]
Variable type suspected[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−25.3±0.5[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −47.55±0.37[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +5.33±0.43[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.81 ± 0.37 mas[1]
Distance860 ± 80 ly
(260 ± 30 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.04[6]
Details
Radius96[7] R☉
Luminosity1,618[8] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.44±0.23[9] cgs
Temperature3,962±36[9] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.18±0.06[9] dex
Other designations
θ UMi, 15 Ursae Minoris, BD+77°592, FK5 3229, HD 139669, HIP 76008, HR 5826, SAO 8274[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Theta Ursae Minoris, Latinized from θ Ursae Minoris, is a suspected binary star system that is visible to the naked eye in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is roughly 860 light years from Earth with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.0.[2] The system is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −25 km/s.[5]

This is a probable spectroscopic binary with two roughly equal components. [11] The spectrum matches a stellar classification of K5-III CN0.5,[3] which would normally indicate an evolved, orange-hued giant star of type K that has a mild overabundance of cyanogen in the outer atmosphere. The estimated diameter is around 96 times that of the Sun,[7] and it is radiating approximately 1,618[8] times the Sun's luminosity from an expanded photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,962 K.[9]

Photometry from the Hipparcos satellite mission shows that θ Ursae Minoris varies in brightness by a few hundredths of a magnitude. It is listed as NSV 20342 in the New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars.[12]

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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Schiavon2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  8. ^ a b McDonald, I.; et al. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–57. arXiv:1208.2037. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. S2CID 118665352.
  9. ^ a b c d Prugniel, Ph.; et al. (July 2011), "The atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 531: 25, arXiv:1104.4952, Bibcode:2011A&A...531A.165P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116769, S2CID 54940439, A165.
  10. ^ "* tet UMi". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S. 1. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.