Zeta Serpentis

Zeta Serpentis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 18h 00m 29.0s[1] [2]
Declination −03° 41′ 25″[1][2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.615[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2 V[4]
U−B color index −0.002[3]
B−V color index +0.386[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−50.70±0.2[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +155.51[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −44.43[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)42.46 ± 0.34 mas[2]
Distance76.8 ± 0.6 ly
(23.6 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.70[6]
Details[1]
Mass1.429±0.013 M☉
Radius1.961±0.071 R☉
Luminosity6.251±0.127 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.14[7] cgs
Temperature6,529±118 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.12[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)69.3±3.5[6] km/s
Age2.4±0.2 Gyr
Other designations
ζ Ser, 57 Serpentis, BD−03° 4217, GC 24503, HD 164259, HIP 88175, HR 6710, SAO 142025[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Zeta Serpentis, Latinized from ζ Serpentis, is the Bayer designation for a single,[9] yellow-white hued star in the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It is visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.6.[3] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 42.46 milliarcseconds as measured from the Hipparcos spacecraft, it is located 77 light years from the Sun. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −50.7 km/s.[5] It will make its closest approach in about 400,000 years when it makes perihelion passage at an estimated distance of 25.7 ly (7.88 pc).[10]

Around 2.4 billion years old,[1] Zeta Serpentis has a stellar classification of F2 V[4] indicating it is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star. This star has nearly double the radius of the Sun, 1.4 times the Sun's mass, and is radiating 6.3 times the Sun's luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 6,529 K.[1] It has a relatively high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 69 km/s.[6]

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  5. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 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.
  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Reiners2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Balachandran, Suchitra (May 1, 1990), "Lithium depletion and rotation in main-sequence stars", Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, 354: 310–332, Bibcode:1990ApJ...354..310B, doi:10.1086/168691
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  9. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976.
  10. ^ Bailer-Jones, C. A. L. (March 2015). "Close encounters of the stellar kind". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 575: 13. arXiv:1412.3648. Bibcode:2015A&A...575A..35B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425221. S2CID 59039482. A35.