AR Aurigae

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AR Aurigae
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A visual band light curve for AR Aurigae, adapted from Johansen (1970) [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension 05h 18m 18.896s [2]
Declination +33° 46′ 02.52″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.144 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B9V + B9.5V [4]
U−B color index −0.18 [5]
B−V color index −0.06 [5]
Variable type Algol [6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)25.4±0.9 [7]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +15.254 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −29.225 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.0735 ± 0.0461  mas [2]
Distance 461 ± 3  ly
(141.4 ± 0.9  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)1.11/1.17 [8]
Details
AR Aur A
Mass 2.552±0.008 [4]   M☉
Radius 1.781 [9]   R☉
Luminosity 41 [8]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.33 [4]   cgs
Temperature 10,950±150 [4]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)10 [9]  km/s
AR Aur B
Mass 2.367±0.008 [4]   M☉
Radius 1.816 [9]   R☉
Luminosity34 [8]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.28 [4]   cgs
Temperature 10,350±150 [4]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)11 [9]  km/s
Other designations
17 Aur, BD+33°1002, HD  34364, HIP  24740, HR  1728, SAO  57858, PPM  70158
Database references
SIMBAD data

AR Aurigae (AR Aur), also known by its Flamsteed designation 17 Aurigae, is a binary star in the constellation Auriga. Based on parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft, it is approximately 461 light-years from Earth. [10]

Both components are blue-white B-type main-sequence stars that do not fill their Roche lobes. The system has a mean apparent magnitude of +6.15. However, the orbit of the stars are oriented in such a way that they periodically eclipse each other, so AR Aurigae is a variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +6.15 to +6.82 with a period of 4.13 days. [6]

The primary component of AR Aurigae is known to be a mercury-manganese star, also known as an HgMn star. As the name implies, these stars have over-abundances of the elements mercury and manganese, and also often xenon and other elements. [4] Because AR Aurigae is an eclipsing binary (in fact, it is the only known eclipsing binary with a mercury-manganese star), accurate characterization of its parameters has been made possible. Based on the light-time effect observed from the stars, it is inferred that there is a third star with a mass of 0.54 M☉, orbiting at a separation of 13 au every 23.7 years. [4]

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References

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