36 Ophiuchi

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36 Ophiuchi
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Location of 36 Ophiuchi in the constellation Ophiuchus

Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Ophiuchus
Right ascension A: 17h 15m 20.851s
B: 17h 15m 20.978s
C: 17h 16m 13.3624s [1]
Declination A: −26° 36′ 09.04″
B: −26° 36′ 10.18″
C: −26° 32′ 46.129″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.08/5.03/6.34 [1]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2 V/K1 V/K5 V [1]
U−B color index 0.51(AB)/1.04
B−V color index 0.85(AB)/1.16
Variable type C: RS CVn
Astrometry
36 Oph A
Radial velocity (Rv)−0.6 [1]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −498.600  mas/yr [2]
Dec.: −1,149.158  mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)168.0031 ± 0.1343  mas [2]
Distance 19.41 ± 0.02  ly
(5.952 ± 0.005  pc)
36 Oph B
Radial velocity (Rv)0.0 [1]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −465.861  mas/yr [3]
Dec.: −1,141.168  mas/yr [3]
Parallax (π)168.1303 ± 0.1081  mas [3]
Distance 19.40 ± 0.01  ly
(5.948 ± 0.004  pc)
36 Oph C
Radial velocity (Rv)−0.04±0.22 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −479.573  mas/yr [4]
Dec.: −1,124.332  mas/yr [4]
Parallax (π)167.9617 ± 0.0311  mas [4]
Distance 19.418 ± 0.004  ly
(5.954 ± 0.001  pc)
Orbit [5]
Companion36 Ophiuchi B
Period (P)470.9 yr
Semi-major axis (a)13″
Eccentricity (e)0.916
Inclination (i)99.8°
Details
36 Oph A
Mass 0.75+0.02
−0.04 [6]   M☉
Radius 0.817±0.016 [7]   R☉
Luminosity 0.326±0.084 [8]   L☉
Temperature 5,103±29 [6]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.23 [6]   dex
Age 4.86+0.50
−0.22 [6]   Gyr
36 Oph B
Mass 0.76+0.03
−0.06 [9]   M☉
Radius 0.709 [9] [a]   R☉
Luminosity0.32 [9]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.61 [9]   cgs
Temperature 5,171±71 [9]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.22 [9]   dex
Age 5.26+5.04
−2.94 [9]   Gyr
Other designations
36 Oph, WDS  J17153-2636
AB: GJ  663, CD−26°12026, GCTP  3908.00, HIP  84405
A: Guniibuu, HR  6402, HD  155886, LHS  437, SAO  185198
B: HR  6401, HD  155885, LHS  438, SAO  185199
C: V2215  Ophiuchi, GJ  664, CD−26°12036, HD  156026, GCTP  3913.00, LHS  439, SAO  185213, HIP  84478
Database references
SIMBAD AB
A
B
C
Exoplanet Archive A
B
C
ARICNS A
B
C

36 Ophiuchi (or Guniibuu for component A) is a triple star system 19.5 light-years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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Characteristics

The primary and secondary stars (also known as HD 155886) are nearly identical orange main-sequence dwarfs of spectral type K2/K1. This binary is unusual because its eruptions do not seem to conform to the Waldmeier effect; that is, the strongest eruptions of HD 155886 are not the ones characterized by the fast eruption onset. [10] The tertiary star is an orange main-sequence dwarf of spectral type K5.

A visual band light curve for 36 Ophiuchi C (V2215 Ophiuchi), plotted from ASAS-SN data V2215OphLightCurve.png
A visual band light curve for 36 Ophiuchi C (V2215 Ophiuchi), plotted from ASAS-SN data

Star C is separated from the A-B pair by 700 arcseconds, compared to a minimum of 4.6 arcseconds for A-B, so its effect on the movements of the A-B pair is small. A and B have active chromospheres. At present the distance between the stars forming the AB-pair is 5.1 arcseconds and the position angle is 139 degrees, while star C is 731.6 arcseconds away from the A-component and situated at a position angle of 74 degrees.

Nomenclature

In the beliefs of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi Aboriginal peoples in New South Wales, Australia, the star is called Guniibuu that represents the robin red-breast bird (Petroica boodang). In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [12] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Guniibuu for the star A on 10 August 2018 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names. [13]

Hunt for substellar objects

The McDonald Observatory team has set limits to the presence of one or more planets [14] around 36 Ophiuchi A with masses between 0.13 and 5.4 Jupiter masses and average separations spanning between 0.05 and 5.2 astronomical units (AU), although beyond 1.5 AU orbits are inherently unstable around either 36 Ophiuchi A or 36 Ophiuchi B. [15]

The star C (or namely HD 156026) is among five nearby paradigms as K-type stars of a type in a 'sweet spot’ between Sun-analog stars and M stars for the likelihood of evolved life, per analysis of Giada Arney from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated, using the Stefan-Boltzmann law and the star's effective temperature and luminosity, with respect to the solar nominal effective temperature of 5,772  K:

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