Rho Aquilae

Rho Aquilae, ρ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Delphinus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.94[2] and is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye in good conditions.

ρ Aquilae
Location of ρ Aquilae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Delphinus
Right ascension 20h 14m 16.61886s[1]
Declination +15° 11′ 51.3923″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.94[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A2 V[3]
U−B color index +0.01[4]
B−V color index +0.09[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)–23.0[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +55.03[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +58.14[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)21.75 ± 0.26[1] mas
Distance150 ± 2 ly
(46.0 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.63[5]
Details
Luminosity19.5[5] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.07±0.07[6] cgs
Temperature8,804±95[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.48±0.10[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)180[7] km/s
Age50[8] to 120[9] Myr
Other designations
Tso Ke, ρ Aql, 67 Aquilae, BD+14° 4227, FK5 1526, HD 192425, HIP 99742, HR 7724, SAO 105878[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Distance, proper motion and constellation

Parallax shift (measured at any interval of half of a year) is 21.75 milliarcseconds,[1] which corresponds to a distance of the star of around 150 light-years (46 parsecs) from Earth. Relatively high proper motion resulted in the star crossing the border from Aquila into Delphinus in 1992.[11][12] Rho Aquilae is therefore a rare occurrence of a mismatch between current constellation and Bayer designation constellation. The star is in the low-northern constellation of Delphinus therefore at least seasonally visible to all but the high southern latitudes.

Chinese constellations and components

This star has the traditional name Tso Ke, from the Cantonese 左旗 jo keih meaning "the left flag". In Chinese, 左旗 (Zuǒ Qí in Mandarin), within the Ox, refers to an asterism consisting of this star, α, β, γ, δ, ζ, 11, 13, and 14 Sagittae (stars of Sagittarius) to the south.[13] Consequently, ρ Aquilae itself is known as 左旗九 (Zuǒ Qí jiǔ, English: the Ninth Star of Left Flag.)[14]

Physical characteristics

Rho Aquilae is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A2 V.[3] This star is about 50 to 120 million years old and it displays an excess emission of infrared radiation that may be explained by a circumstellar disk of dust.[8][9]

References
  1. van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
  2. Wielen, R.; et al. (1999), "Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars (FK6). Part I. Basic fundamental stars with direct solutions", Veroeffentlichungen des Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts Heidelberg, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg, 35 (35): 1, Bibcode:1999VeARI..35....1W.
  3. Cowley, A.; et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal, 74: 375–406, Bibcode:1969AJ.....74..375C, doi:10.1086/110819.
  4. Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966). "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4 (99): 99. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  5. 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.
  6. Wu, Yue; et al. (January 2011), "Coudé-feed stellar spectral library - atmospheric parameters", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525: A71, arXiv:1009.1491, Bibcode:2011A&A...525A..71W, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015014, S2CID 53480665.
  7. Royer, F.; Zorec, J.; Gómez, A. E. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv:astro-ph/0610785, Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224, S2CID 18475298.
  8. Song, Inseok; et al. (February 2001), "Ages of A-Type Vega-like Stars from uvbyβ Photometry", The Astrophysical Journal, 546 (1): 352–357, arXiv:astro-ph/0010102, Bibcode:2001ApJ...546..352S, doi:10.1086/318269, S2CID 18154947.
  9. Morales, Farisa Y.; et al. (April 2011), "Common Warm Dust Temperatures Around Main-sequence Stars" (PDF), The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 730 (2): L29, Bibcode:2011ApJ...730L..29M, doi:10.1088/2041-8205/730/2/L29.
  10. "* rho Aql". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  11. Hirshfeld, A.; et al. (August 1992), "Book-Review - Sky Catalogue 2000.0 - V.1 - Stars to Magnitude 8.0 ED.2", Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 86 (4): 221, Bibcode:1992JRASC..86..221L
  12. Patrick Moore (29 June 2013). The Observer's Year: 366 Nights of the Universe. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-1-4471-3613-2.
  13. (in Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.
  14. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 3 日
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