Phi Andromedae

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Phi Andromedae
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Location of φ Andromedae (upper left).
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 01h 09m 30.12562s [1]
Declination +47° 14′ 30.4594″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.25 [2] (4.46/6.06) [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B7 Ve [4]  + B9 V [3]
U−B color index −0.34 [2]
B−V color index −0.07 [2]
R−I color index −0.05
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−0.1 [5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +4.05 [1] mas/yr
Dec.: −12.43 [1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.55±0.60  mas [1]
Distance approx. 720  ly
(approx. 220  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−2.41 [6]
Orbit [7]
Companionφ And B
Period (P)554.3 ± 67.1y yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.573 ± 0.051″
Eccentricity (e)0.385 ± 0.043
Inclination (i)142.2 ± 2.8°
Longitude of the node (Ω)337.2 ± 3.2°
Periastron epoch (T)17,740 ± 1,837 HMJD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		112.6 ± 9.1°
Details
φ And A
Luminosity 882 [6]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.150 [8]   cgs
Temperature 13490 [8]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)75 [9]  km/s
Age 63.1 ± 13.7 [10]   Myr
Other designations
Junnanmen, φ And, 42 And, BD+46 275, HD 6811, HIP 5434, HR 335, SAO 36972, PPM 43693, ADS 940 [11]
Database references
SIMBAD data

Phi Andromedae, also named Junnanmen, is a binary star [3] system near the border of the northern constellation of Andromeda. This system has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.25 [2] and is visible to the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, this star system is located at a distance of about 720 light-years (220 parsecs ) from Earth. [1]

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Nomenclature

Phi Andromedae (Latinized from φ Andromedae, abbreviated φ And) is the star's Bayer designation.

In Chinese astronomy, φ Andromedae forms the single-star asterism Jūnnánmén (軍南門 or 军南门, "Southern Military Gate"). [12] [13] R. H. Allen's Star Names refers to this asterism as Keun Nan Mun, "the Camp's South Gate", and includes χ Andromedae in it, [14] but in Chinese sources χ Andromedae is a member of the Tian Dajiangjun (Heaven's Great General) asterism. [15] Another identification of Jūnnánmén is α Trianguli. [13]

The IAU Working Group on Star Names approved the name Junnanmen for Phi Andromedae A on 25 August 2025 and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. [16]

Components

ph Andromedae in optical light Phi Andromedae.jpg
φ Andromedae in optical light

The 4.46 [3] magnitude primary component is a Be star with a stellar classification of B7 Ve, indicating that it is a B-type main sequence star that shows prominent emission lines of hydrogen in its spectrum. These emission lines come from a flattened decretion disk of hot gas that is orbiting the host star. [4] The star is rotating rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 75 km/s. [9] The pole of the star is inclined around 20° to the line of sight from the Earth. [4]

The 6.06 magnitude companion star is a B-type main sequence star with a classification of B9 V. On average the two stars are separated by about 0.6  arcseconds and have an orbital period of roughly 554 years. Based upon their orbital elements, the system has a combined mass of around 6.5±2.8 times the mass of the Sun. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv: 0708.1752 , Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID   18759600.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4 (99): 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 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.
  4. 1 2 3 Silaj, J.; et al. (March 2010), "A Systematic Study of Hα Profiles of Be Stars", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 187 (1): 228–250, Bibcode:2010ApJS..187..228S, doi: 10.1088/0067-0049/187/1/228 , S2CID   122679154.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W . Accessed 2007-05-14.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. 1 2 Muterspaugh, Matthew W.; et al. (December 2010), "The Phases Differential Astrometry Data Archive. II. Updated Binary Star Orbits and a Long Period Eclipsing Binary", The Astronomical Journal, 140 (6): 1623–1630, arXiv: 1010.4043 , Bibcode:2010AJ....140.1623M, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1623, S2CID   6030289.
  8. 1 2 Soubiran, Caroline; et al. (2016), "The PASTEL catalogue: 2016 version", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 591: A118, arXiv: 1605.07384 , Bibcode:2016A&A...591A.118S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628497, S2CID   119258214.
  9. 1 2 Abt, Helmut A.; Levato, Hugo; Grosso, Monica (July 2002), "Rotational Velocities of B Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 573 (1): 359–365, Bibcode:2002ApJ...573..359A, doi: 10.1086/340590 .
  10. ↑ Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (January 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.
  11. ↑ "* phi And". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  12. ↑ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 9 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  13. 1 2 "Junnanmen (军南门)". All Skies Encyclopaedia. IAU Working Group on Star Names . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Allen, R. H. (1899), Star-names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechart, p. 39.
  15. ↑ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 10 日 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ "IAU Catalog of Star Names" . Retrieved 26 August 2025.
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