Summary
26 Hydrae is a binary star[3] system located 334 light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.77,[2] just a few degrees away from Alphard. The system is moving closer to the Earth with a leisurely radial velocity of -1 km/s.[8]
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Right ascension | 09h 19m 46.38309s[1] |
| Declination | −11° 58′ 29.4577″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.770[2] + 12.4[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G7III[4] or G8II[5] |
| U−B color index | +0.67[6] |
| B−V color index | +0.927±0.017[7] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −1.18±0.09[8] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −29.269[1] mas/yr Dec.: +11.613[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 9.7770 ± 0.1610 mas[1] |
| Distance | 334 ± 5 ly (102 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.29[7] |
| Details | |
| 26 Hya A | |
| Mass | 2.72[9] M☉ |
| Radius | 15.14+0.81 −2.47[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 138.5±2.7[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.48±0.07[10] cgs |
| Temperature | 5,003±82[9] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.13±0.06[10] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.7[8] km/s |
| Age | 0.51[9] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Keenan and McNeil (1989) gave the brighter component a stellar classification of G7 III,[4] matching an aging giant star. Houk and Swift (1999) have it classed as a G8II[5] bright giant. This is a red clump giant,[12] which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at its core. It has a high lithium abundance and displays a far infrared emission excess.[13] The star is an estimated 510[9] million years old with 2.72[9] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 15[1] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 139[1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,003 K.[9]
The secondary component is a magnitude 12.4 star at an angular separation of 3.2″, as of 2008.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Høg, E.; et al. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27 – L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
- ^ a b c 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.
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- ^ a b Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars". Michigan Spectral Survey. 5. Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
- ^ Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Massarotti, Alessandro; et al. (2008). "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 Hipparcos Giants and the Role of Binarity". The Astronomical Journal. 135 (1): 209–231. Bibcode:2008AJ....135..209M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209.
- ^ a b c d e f Luck, R. Earle (2015). "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants". The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 88. arXiv:1507.01466. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...88L. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88. S2CID 118505114.
- ^ a b Wu, Yue; et al. (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.
- ^ "26 Hya". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ^ Alves, David R. (August 2000). "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity". The Astrophysical Journal. 539 (2): 732–741. arXiv:astro-ph/0003329. Bibcode:2000ApJ...539..732A. doi:10.1086/309278. S2CID 16673121.
- ^ Jasniewicz, G.; et al. (2000). da silva, L.; de Medeiros, R.; Spite, M (eds.). Search for Lithium-Rich Stars Among G-K Giants with IR-excess. The Light Elements and their Evolution, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 198, held 22-26 Nov 1999, Natal, Brazil. p. 325. Bibcode:2000IAUS..198..325J.