1 Vulpeculae

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1 Vulpeculae
Vulpecula constellation map.svg
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Location of 1 Vulpeculae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension 19h 16m 13.0392s [1]
Declination 21° 23 25.544 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.77 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B4IV [3]
U−B color index -0.54 [2]
B−V color index -0.05 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−17.00 [4] km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −0.383±0.141 [1] mas/yr
Dec.: −5.809±0.152 [1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.2065±0.1557  mas [1]
Distance 780 ± 30  ly
(238 ± 9  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)-2.20 [3]
Details
Mass 6.9 [5]   M
Luminosity 919 [3]   L
Surface gravity (log g)3.74 [6]   cgs
Temperature 16,787 [6]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00 [6]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)80 [7]  km/s
Other designations
CCDM  J19162+2123A, BD+21 3713, FK5  3540, GC  26569, GSC 01611-02043, 2MASS J19161302+2123257, HIP  94703, HR  7306, HD  180554, SAO  87010, WDS  J19162+2123A
Database references
SIMBAD data

1 Vulpeculae is a class B4IV [3] (blue subgiant) star in the constellation Vulpecula. Its apparent magnitude is 4.77 [2] and it is approximately 780 light years away based on parallax. [1]

The primary was discovered to be a spectroscopic binary in 1978 with a period around 250 days although the orbital elements are described as marginal. [8] There are also companions B, with magnitude 11.6 and separation 39.1", and C, with magnitude 12.8 and separation 43.6". [9] [10]

Component A is also a suspected variable star, reported to vary from 4.57 to 4.77 in magnitude. [11] It was reported as possibly variable in 1952 during a search for β CMa variables, [12] but has not been seen to vary since. It was listed as one of the least variable stars based on Hipparcos photometry. [13]

On 29 May 1983, 1 Vulpeculae was occulted by the asteroid Pallas. This event was observed at 130 locations in the United States and Mexico and was the best observed of all asteroid occultation events. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 649: A1. arXiv: 2012.01533 . Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039657 . S2CID   227254300. (Erratum:  doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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. Vizier catalog entry
  4. Wilson, R. E. (1953). "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W. LCCN   54001336.
  5. Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (2011). "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 410 (1): 190–200. arXiv: 1007.4883 . Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x . S2CID   118629873. Vizier catalog entry
  6. 1 2 3 Wu, Yue; Singh, H. P.; Prugniel, P.; Gupta, R.; Koleva, M. (2010). "Coudé-feed stellar spectral library – atmospheric parameters". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 525: A71. arXiv: 1009.1491 . Bibcode:2011A&A...525A..71W. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015014. S2CID   53480665.
  7. Abt, Helmut A.; Levato, Hugo; Grosso, Monica (2002). "Rotational Velocities of B Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 573 (1): 359–365. Bibcode:2002ApJ...573..359A. doi: 10.1086/340590 .
  8. Abt, H. A.; Levy, S. G. (1978). "Binaries among B2-B5 IV, V absorption and emission stars" . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 36: 241–258. Bibcode:1978ApJS...36..241A. doi:10.1086/190498.
  9. Dommanget, J.; Nys, O. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: CCDM (Catalog of Components of Double & Multiple stars) (Dommanget+ 2002)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: I/274. Originally Published in: Observations et Travaux 54. 1274. Bibcode:2002yCat.1274....0D. Vizier catalog entry
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. Walker, M. F. (1952). "A search for stars of the beta Canis Majoris type". Astronomical Journal. 57: 227. Bibcode:1952AJ.....57..227W. doi:10.1086/106759.
  13. Adelman, S. J. (2001). "Research Note Hipparcos photometry: The least variable stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 367: 297–298. Bibcode:2001A&A...367..297A. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20000567 .
  14. Dunham, D. W.; et al. (1990). "The size and shape of (2) Pallas from the 1983 occultation of 1 Vulpeculae". The Astronomical Journal. 99: 1636–1662. Bibcode:1990AJ.....99.1636D. doi: 10.1086/115446 .