軒轅四 (α Lyn,α Lyncis)是在北天星座 天貓座 的一顆視星等 +3.13的亮星[ 4] 。不尋常的是,它是天貓座中唯一有拜耳名字 的恆星[ 6] 。基於視差 的觀測,它與地球的距離大約是203光年 (62秒差距 )[ 1] 。
這是一顆巨星 ,它耗盡了核心的氫,在演化上已經離開主序帶 。它已經膨脹到太陽半徑 的55倍,發射的光大約是太陽光度 的673倍[ 7] 。估計該恒星外層的有效溫度 為3882K[ 5] ,低於太陽5778K的有效溫度,使軒轅四呈現橙色的色調,這是K型恒星的特徵[ 9] 。
軒轅四疑似是顆小振幅的紅色變星 [ 10] ,它的視星等能從+3.17提升至+3.12[ 11] 。這種變化模式通常發生在已經形成惰性碳核並被氦-融合 殼層包圍的恆星中,並表明軒轅四正開始演化為米拉型變星 [ 6] 。
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