Summary
4 Cygni is a binary star[7] system in the northern constellation of Cygnus. It is a faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.17.[2] The distance to 4 Cygni, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 5.8 mas,[1] is about 560 light years.
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Right ascension | 19h 26m 09.12787s[1] |
| Declination | +36° 19′ 04.4369″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.17[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence[3] |
| Spectral type | B8p Si (Fe II)[4] |
| B−V color index | −0.120±0.001[2] |
| Variable type | α2 CVn[5] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −22[6] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +3.769[1] mas/yr Dec.: +13.236[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 5.8357 ± 0.1372 mas[1] |
| Distance | 560 ± 10 ly (171 ± 4 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.51[2] |
| Orbit[7] | |
| Period (P) | 35.0225±0.0002 d |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.45±0.13 |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2438929.1±1.1 JD |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 290±21° |
| Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 5.7±0.6 km/s km/s |
| Details[3] | |
| Mass | 4.08±0.18 M☉ |
| Radius | 5.03[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 501+130 −103 L☉ |
| Temperature | 12,190+399 −387 K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 30±4[9] km/s |
| Age | 145 Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
This is single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 35 days and an eccentricity of 0.45.[7] The visible component is a B-type star with a stellar classification of B8p Si (Fe II),[4] where the suffix notation indicates this is type of chemically peculiar star known as a silicon star. It displays an overabundance of iron in the visual spectrum, while the star appears helium-weak in the ultraviolet.[4]
4 Cygni A is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable that varies by 0.02 magnitude over a period of 0.68674 days.[5] The average quadratic field strength of the magnetic field is (254.7±57.2)×10−4 T.[11] With an age of 145 million years, it has four[3] times the mass of the Sun and five[8] times the Sun's radius. It radiates around 501 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,190 K.[3]
References edit
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- ^ a b c d 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 d Kochukhov, O.; Bagnulo, S. (2006), "Evolutionary state of magnetic chemically peculiar stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 450 (2): 763, arXiv:astro-ph/0601461, Bibcode:2006A&A...450..763K, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054596, S2CID 18596834.
- ^ a b c Jaschek, M.; Jaschek, C. (October 1980), "Ground-based observations of some stars classified in the satellite ultraviolet with spectral particularities.", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 42: 115–118, Bibcode:1980A&AS...42..115J.
- ^ a b Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1, 61 (1): 80–88, Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, S2CID 125853869.
- ^ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities", Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington: 0, Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
- ^ a b c Abt, Helmut A.; Snowden, Michael S. (February 1973), "The Binary Frequency for AP Stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 25: 137, Bibcode:1973ApJS...25..137A, doi:10.1086/190265.
- ^ a b Shulyak, D.; et al. (2014), "Interferometry of chemically peculiar stars: Theoretical predictions versus modern observing facilities", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443 (2): 1629, arXiv:1406.6093, Bibcode:2014MNRAS.443.1629S, doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1259, S2CID 96452769.
- ^ Royer, F.; et al. (2002), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 393 (3): 897–912, arXiv:astro-ph/0205255, Bibcode:2002A&A...393..897R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020943, S2CID 14070763.
- ^ "4 Cyg". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- ^ Bychkov, V. D.; et al. (2009), "Catalogue of averaged stellar effective magnetic fields - II. Re-discussion of chemically peculiar A and B stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 394 (3): 1338, Bibcode:2009MNRAS.394.1338B, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14227.x, S2CID 120268049.