QZ Puppis

QZ Puppis
Location of QZ Puppis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 07h 52m 38.64663s[1]
Declination −38° 51′ 46.1305″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.47 - 4.54[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2.5V[3]
U−B color index −0.68[4]
B−V color index -0.20[4]
Variable type ellipsoidal[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+29.50[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −8.92[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +3.34[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.03 ± 0.19 mas[1]
Distance650 ± 20 ly
(199 ± 8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.00[6]
Details
Mass6.0[7] M☉
Radius7.3[7] R☉
Luminosity2,268[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.5[7] cgs
Temperature15,254[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.15[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)151[9] km/s
Age24.1[10] Myr
Other designations
b Puppis, QZ Pup, CD−38°3769, GC 10661, GSC 07646-03591, HIP 38455, HR 3084, HD 64503, NSV 3789, SAO 198545
Database references
SIMBADdata

QZ Puppis (QZ Pup, b Pup) is a class B2.5V (blue main-sequence) star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.5 and it is approximately 650 light years away based on parallax.

A light curve for QZ Puppis, plotted from TESS data[11]

QZ Puppis was identified as a small-amplitude variable star in 1974, but the nature of the variability was unclear. It was thought to be a spectroscopic binary on the basis of variability in the radial velocity of its spectral lines.[12] As a hot B-class main sequence star with variable spectral lines, it was suspected of being a β Cephei variable but this classification was repeatedly rejected.[13] The short-period sinusoidal variations in brightness with an amplitude of 0.03 magnitudes were interpreted as ellipsoidal variations as the star, distorted by a close companion, rotates with a period of 1.1 days.[12] Later analysis of Hipparcos photometry detected shallow eclipses.[14]

The companion to QZ Puppis is only known from its effect on the visible star as they orbit. The primary shows radial velocity variations of 71 km/s as it orbits every 1.112 days.

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  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference MAST was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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