AG Draconis
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Draco |
Right ascension | 16h 01m 41.01257s[1] |
Declination | +66° 48′ 10.1312″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 9.76[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K3 IIIep[3] + WD[4] |
B−V color index | ±0.094 1.425[2] |
Variable type | Z And[5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | ±0.30 −147.42[2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −7.135[1] mas/yr Dec.: −5.602[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 0.2101 ± 0.0268[1] mas |
Distance | approx. 16,000 ly (approx. 4,800 pc) |
Orbit[6] | |
Period (P) | 549.73 d |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.06 |
Periastron epoch (T) | 2447622.28 JD |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 359.8° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 4.67 km/s |
Details[4] | |
AG Dra A | |
Mass | 1.5 M☉ |
Radius | 35 R☉ |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −1.3 dex |
AG Dra B | |
Luminosity | ~ 103 L☉ |
Temperature | ~ 105 K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
AG Draconis is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco. It consists of a giant star and a white dwarf that revolve around each other every 550 days. It has a baseline apparent magnitude of around 9.8 and flares up to around magnitude 7.3 and is one of the most-studied of symbiotic star systems and its variations in brightness have been observed for 124 years.[4] The outbursts occur every 15 years and last for 3–6 years.[8]
The a sin i value for the primary is 50.69 R☉, where a is the semimajor axis and i is the (unknown) orbital inclination.[6] The larger star is thought to be an orange hued giant around 1.5 times as massive as the Sun that has swollen to around 35 times the diameter of the Sun with a spectral type measured at K3IIIep.[4] The smaller star is a compact hot white dwarf around 0.4 times as massive as the Sun, with a surface temperature of around 80,000 K.[8]
The star is located in a spherical halo around the Milky Way, and is a nova variable, erupting every 10–15 years.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 3 4 Hric, L.; et al. (September 2014). "Outburst activity of the symbiotic system AG Dra". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 443 (2): 1103–1112. arXiv:1406.5505. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.443.1103H. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1162.
- ↑ Samus', N. N; Kazarovets, E. V; Durlevich, O. V; Kireeva, N. N; Pastukhova, E. N (2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports. 61 (1): 80. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085.
- 1 2 Gális, R.; et al. (March 2016). "Resonances as the general cause of the outbursts in the symbiotic system AG Draconis". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456 (3): 2558–2565. arXiv:1512.03209. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.456.2558L. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2807.
- ↑ "AG Dra". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- 1 2 Sion, Edward M.; et al. (2012). "On the Nature of the Hot Component in the Symbiotic, Supersoft X-Ray Binary AG Draconis". The Astronomical Journal. 144 (6): 5. arXiv:1210.1111. Bibcode:2012AJ....144..171S. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/144/6/171. 171.