HD 131496

"Arcalís" redirects here. For other uses, see Arcalis (disambiguation).
HD 131496 / Arcalís
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Boötes[1]
Right ascension 14h 53m 23.028s[2]
Declination +18° 14′ 07.47″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.96[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage subgiant[3]
Spectral type K0[4]
B−V color index 1.039±0.013[1]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)1.36±0.16[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 43.739 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: −33.865 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)7.547 ± 0.0246 mas[2]
Distance432 ± 1 ly
(132.5 ± 0.4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.8[3]
Details[3]
Mass1.61±0.11 M☉
Radius4.3±0.1 R☉
Luminosity9.8±0.5 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.3±0.06 cgs
Temperature4,927±44 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.25±0.03 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.48±0.5 km/s
Age2.7±0.5 Gyr
Other designations
Arcalís, BD+18°2957, HD 131496, HIP 72845, SAO 101274[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 131496 is an evolved subgiant star with an orbiting exoplanet in the constellation Boötes. With an apparent visual magnitude of 7.9 it is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. It is located at a distance of 432 light-years based on parallax measurements,[2] and is drifting further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1.4 km/s.[5] At an age of around three billion years, this star has 1.6 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 4.3 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating around ten times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,927 K.[3]

Stars like HD 131496 are sometimes referred to as "retired A-stars", since they would have been A-type stars while on the main sequence. This name is most commonly used in connection with the search for extrasolar planets, where they are useful because these evolved stars are cooler and have more spectral lines than their main sequence counterparts, making planet detection easier.[7]

HD 131496 and its planet, HD 131496b, were chosen as part of the 2019 NameExoWorlds campaign organised by the International Astronomical Union, which assigned each country a star and planet to be named. HD 131496 was assigned to Andorra. The winning proposal for the name of the star was Arcalís, after a mountain peak in northern Andorra where the Sun shines through a gap twice a year at fixed dates, leading to its use as a primitive Solar calendar. The planet was named Madriu, after a glacial valley and river in southeastern Andorra that forms the major part of the Madriu-Perafita-Claror UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference johnson2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cannon, A. J.; Pickering, E. C. (1993). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue and Extension (Cannon+ 1918-1924; ADC 1989)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog. Bibcode:1993yCat.3135....0C.
  5. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  6. ^ "HD 131496". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  7. ^ Johnson, John Asher; Fischer, Debra A.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Wright, Jason T.; Driscoll, Peter; Butler, R. Paul; Hekker, Saskia; Reffert, Sabine; Vogt, Steven S. (2007). "Retired A Stars and Their Companions: Exoplanets Orbiting Three Intermediate-Mass Subgiants". The Astrophysical Journal. 665 (1): 785–793. arXiv:0704.2455. Bibcode:2007ApJ...665..785J. doi:10.1086/519677. ISSN 0004-637X.
  8. ^ "Andorra". NameExoworlds. Retrieved 2024-01-27.