Summary
I Carinae is a single,[9] yellow-white hued star in the southern constellation Carina. It is a fourth[2] magnitude star that is visible to the naked eye. An annual parallax shift of 61.64 mas provides a distance estimate of 62 light years. It is moving closer with a radial velocity of −5 km/s,[4] and in an estimated 2.7 million years will pass within 24.3 ly (7.46 pc) of the Sun.[10] In the next 7500 years, the south Celestial pole will pass close to this star and Omega Carinae (5800 CE).[11]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Carina |
| Right ascension | 10h 24m 23.70597s[1] |
| Declination | −74° 01′ 53.8036″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 3.99[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F3 V[3] |
| U−B color index | −0.01[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.36[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −4.7±0.6[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −16.29[1] mas/yr Dec.: −27.67[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 61.64 ± 0.12 mas[1] |
| Distance | 52.9 ± 0.1 ly (16.22 ± 0.03 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.94[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.42[6] M☉ |
| Luminosity | 5.56[5] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.34[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 7,017±239[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.02[3] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 51.6[7] km/s |
| Age | 977[6] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Gray et al. (2006) gave this star a stellar classification of F3 V,[3] indicating it is an F-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core. It is younger than the Sun with an estimated age of 977[6] million years, and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 51.6 km/s.[7] The star has 1.4[6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 5.56[5] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 7,017 K.[6] It is a variable star and most likely (99.2% chance) the source of detected X-ray emission coming from these coordinates.[12]
References edit
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- ^ a b c d Cousins, A. W. J.; Stoy, R. H. (1962), "Photoelectric magnitudes and colours of Southern stars.", Royal Observatory Bulletin, 64: 103, Bibcode:1962RGOB...64..103C.
- ^ a b c Gray, R. O.; et al. (July 2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 pc-The Southern Sample", The Astronomical Journal, 132 (1): 161–170, arXiv:astro-ph/0603770, Bibcode:2006AJ....132..161G, doi:10.1086/504637, S2CID 119476992.
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- ^ a b c 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.
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- ^ a b Schröder, C.; Reiners, Ansgar; Schmitt, Jürgen H. M. M. (January 2009), "Ca II HK emission in rapidly rotating stars. Evidence for an onset of the solar-type dynamo" (PDF), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 493 (3): 1099–1107, Bibcode:2009A&A...493.1099S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810377[permanent dead link]
- ^ "I Car". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bailer-Jones, C. A. L. (March 2015), "Close encounters of the stellar kind", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 575: 13, arXiv:1412.3648, Bibcode:2015A&A...575A..35B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425221, S2CID 59039482, A35.
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- ^ Haakonsen, Christian Bernt; Rutledge, Robert E. (September 2009), "XID II: Statistical Cross-Association of ROSAT Bright Source Catalog X-ray Sources with 2MASS Point Source Catalog Near-Infrared Sources", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 184 (1): 138–151, arXiv:0910.3229, Bibcode:2009ApJS..184..138H, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/184/1/138, S2CID 119267456.