10 Lacertae (10 Lac) is a star in the constellation Lacerta. With an apparent magnitude of 4.9, it is located around 700 parsecs (2,300 ly) distant in the small Lacerta OB1 association. It is a hot blue main-sequence star of spectral type O9V, a massive star that is currently fusing its core hydrogen. It is a suspected Beta Cephei variable star.
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Lacerta |
Right ascension | 22h 39m 15.67864s[1] |
Declination | +39° 03′ 00.9712″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.880[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | O9V[3] |
U−B color index | −1.010[2] |
B−V color index | −0.210[2] |
Variable type | β Cep?[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −10.10[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −0.32[1] mas/yr Dec.: −5.46[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 1.89 ± 0.22 mas[1] |
Distance | 715[6] pc |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −4.40[7] |
Details[7] | |
Mass | 26.9 M☉ |
Radius | 8.27 R☉ |
Luminosity | 102,000 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.03 cgs |
Temperature | 36,000 K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 35 km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
10 Lacertae was one of the first O-type stars (along with S Monocerotis) to be defined as an anchor point for the MKK spectral classification; since the early twentieth century it has served as such a point. Specifically, the star is representative of O9V stars, meaning relatively cool O-type stars on the main-sequence.[8]
10 Lacertae has an 8th magnitude companion about one arc-minute away.[9]