Kappa2 Sagittarii
Kappa2 Sagittarii (κ2 Sagittarii) is a binary star[3] system in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +5.64.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.47 mas as seen from Earth,[1] this system is located around 310 light years from the Sun. They are receding with a radial velocity of +2.6 km/s.[6]
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Sagittarius |
Right ascension | 20h 23m 53.17666s[1] |
Declination | −42° 25′ 22.3376″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.64[2] (6.04 + 7.12)[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A5 V[4] (A1 + A6)[5] |
U−B color index | +0.099[2] |
B−V color index | +0.192[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +2.6[6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −13.07[1] mas/yr Dec.: +13.64[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 10.47 ± 0.50[1] mas |
Distance | 310 ± 10 ly (96 ± 5 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.03/2.35[5] |
Orbit[7] | |
Period (P) | 700 yr |
Semi-major axis (a) | 2.032″ |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.401 |
Inclination (i) | 80° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 40.7° |
Periastron epoch (T) | 1912.00 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 177.3° |
Details | |
κ2 Sgr A | |
Mass | 1.85[8] M☉ |
Luminosity | 38[9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.03[8] cgs |
Temperature | 7,990±272[8] K |
Age | 833[8] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
This is a visual binary system with the components orbiting each other over a period of roughly 700 years, having an eccentricity of 0.4 and a semimajor axis of 2 arc seconds.[7] The pair have a combined spectral type that matches an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A5 V.[4] The individual components are of estimated types A1 and A6.[5] The primary member, component A, is a magnitude 6.04[3] star with 1.85[8] times the mass of the Sun. It is radiating 38[9] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 7,990 K.[8] The companion, component B, is visual magnitude 7.12.[3]
There are two visual companions: component C is a magnitude 14.3 star at an angular separation of 18.6 arc seconds along a position angle of 266°, as of 2000; component D is magnitude 14.0 with a separation of 29.8 arc seconds along a position angle of 219°, also as of 2000.[11]
References
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- Houk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 2, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
- Cvetkovic, Z.; Ninkovic, S. (2010), "On the Component Masses of Visual Binaries", Serbian Astronomical Journal, 180 (180): 71–80, Bibcode:2010SerAJ.180...71C, doi:10.2298/SAJ1080071C.
- Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966), Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick (eds.), The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities, 30, University of Toronto: International Astronomical Union, p. 57, Bibcode:1967IAUS...30...57E
- Seymour, Diana M.; et al. (February 2002), "Binary Star Orbits. II. Preliminary First Orbits for 117 Systems", The Astronomical Journal, 123 (2): 1023–1038, Bibcode:2002AJ....123.1023S, doi:10.1086/338441.
- David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015), "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets", The Astrophysical Journal, 804 (2): 146, arXiv:1501.03154, Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146, S2CID 33401607.
- McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.
- "kappa02 Sgr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 3466–3471, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920, retrieved 2015-07-22.