23 Vulpeculae

23 Vulpeculae
Location of 23 Vulpeculae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension 20h 15m 46.1432s[1]
Declination 27° 48′ 51.116″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.52[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3- III Fe-1[3]
U−B color index +1.11[2]
B−V color index +1.26[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+1.47[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −39.938±0.128[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 12.121±0.147[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.9642 ± 0.1698 mas[1]
Distance327 ± 6 ly
(100 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.58[5]
Orbit[6]
Primary23 Vul Aa
Companion23 Vul Ab
Period (P)25.33 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.111″
Eccentricity (e)0.400
Inclination (i)71.5°
Longitude of the node (Ω)97.5°
Periastron epoch (T)2009.56
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		293.8°
Details
23 Vul A
Mass2.4[7] M☉
Radius31±2[8] R☉
Luminosity288[8] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)0.89[9] cgs
Temperature4,413±125[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.22[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.7[10] km/s
Other designations
23 Vul, BD+27°3666, GC 28152, HD 192806, HIP 99874, HR 7744, SAO 88428, WDS J20158+2749AB[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

23 Vulpeculae is a triple star system[12] in the northern constellation of Vulpecula. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.52[2] and it is located approximately 327 light years away from the Sun based on parallax.[1] The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +1.47 km/s.[4]

Component A forms a binary system with an orbital period of 25.33 years, an eccentricity of 0.40, and a semimajor axis of 0.11″.[6] The 4.80 magnitude member of this pair, component Aa is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3- III Fe-1,[3] where the suffix indicates an underabundance of iron in the spectrum. This star has 2.4[7] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 288 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,413 K.[8] Its companion, component Ab, has magnitude 6.5.[6] The tertiary member, component B, has a separation of 0.26" and a magnitude of 6.94.[7][13][12]

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  9. ^ Soubiran, Caroline; Le Campion, Jean-François; Brouillet, Nathalie; Chemin, Laurent (2016). "The PASTEL catalogue: 2016 version". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 591: A118. arXiv:1605.07384. Bibcode:2016A&A...591A.118S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628497. S2CID 119258214.
  10. ^ De Medeiros, J. R.; Mayor, M. (1999). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 139 (3): 433. arXiv:astro-ph/0608248. Bibcode:1999A&AS..139..433D. doi:10.1051/aas:1999401. Vizier catalog entry
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  12. ^ a b Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976. Vizier catalog entry
  13. ^ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vizier catalog entry