Eta Octantis

η Octantis
Location of η Octantis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Octans
Right ascension 10h 59m 13.7578s[1]
Declination −84° 35′ 38.0177″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.18±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[3]
Spectral type A1 Va[4]
U−B color index +0.12[5]
B−V color index +0.11[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−1.7±0.6[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −65.747 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: −8.273 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)9.1133 ± 0.02 mas[1]
Distance357.9 ± 0.8 ly
(109.7 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.08[7]
Details
Mass2.37±0.03[3] M☉
Radius2.6±0.1[8] R☉
Luminosity45.3+3.1
−3.0[3] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.1[9] cgs
Temperature9,500[9] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.01[10] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)152±13[11] km/s
Age547[10] Myr
Other designations
η Oct, 11 G. Octantis[12], CPD−83°386, FK5 1664, GC 15164, HD 96124, HIP 53702, HR 4312, SAO 258600[13]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Eta Octantis, Latinized from η Octantis, is a solitary star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.19,[2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye. The object is situated at a distance of 358 light years[1] but is approaching the Solar System with a heliocentric radial velocity of −1.7 km/s.[6]

Eta Octantis has a stellar classification of A1 Va,[4] indicating that it is an ordinary A-type main sequence star. At present it has 2.37 times the Sun's mass[3] and 2.6 times the Sun's radius.[8] It shines with a luminosity of 45 L☉[3] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,500 K, giving a white hue.[9] Eta Octantis is a rapidly rotating star, with a projected rotational velocity of 152 km/s,[11] and is estimated to be 547 million years old,[10] having completed 72% of its main sequence lifetime.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27 – L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. ISSN 0004-6361.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (1 January 2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 537: A120. arXiv:1201.2052. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 55586789.
  4. ^ a b Paunzen, E.; Duffee, B.; Heiter, U.; Kuschnig, R.; Weiss, W. W. (July 2001). "A spectroscopic survey for λ Bootis stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 373 (2): 625–632. Bibcode:2001A&A...373..625P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010630. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
  5. ^ a b Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4: 99–110. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  6. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119231169.
  7. ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
  8. ^ a b Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. ISSN 0004-6256.
  9. ^ a b c Lafrasse, Sylvain; Mella, Guillaume; Bonneau, Daniel; Duvert, Gilles; Delfosse, Xavier; Chesneau, Olivier; Chelli, Alain (16 July 2010). "Building the 'JMMC Stellar Diameters Catalog' using SearchCal". Optical and Infrared Interferometry II. Vol. 7734. pp. 77344E. arXiv:1009.0137. Bibcode:2010SPIE.7734E..4EL. doi:10.1117/12.857024. S2CID 32097037.
  10. ^ a b c Gontcharov, G. A. (December 2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters. 38 (12): 771–782. arXiv:1606.08814. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..771G. doi:10.1134/S1063773712120031. ISSN 0320-0108. S2CID 255201789.
  11. ^ a b Reiners, A.; Royer, F. (February 2004). "First signatures of strong differential rotation in A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 415 (1): 325–329. arXiv:astro-ph/0311341. Bibcode:2004A&A...415..325R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034175. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
  12. ^ Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1878). "Uranometria Argentina : brillantez y posicion de las estrellas fijas, hasta la septima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austral : con atlas". Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino. 1. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G.
  13. ^ "eta Oct". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved June 25, 2022.