36 Serpentis

36 Serpentis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 15h 51m 15.59418s[1]
Declination −03° 05 25.7938[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.10[2]
5.2 / 7.8[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3Vn
U−B color index +0.07[4]
B−V color index +0.12[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-8[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -91.09[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -28.21[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)20.10 ± 0.33[1] mas
Distance162 ± 3 ly
(49.8 ± 0.8 pc)
Orbit[3]
Period (P)52.82 ± 0.30 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.344 ± 0.002″
Eccentricity (e)0.790 ± 0.002
Inclination (i)100.1 ± 1.5°
Longitude of the node (Ω)73.2 ± 2.0°
Periastron epoch (T)2001.6
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
66.3 ± 4.0°
Details
Radius1.65[6] R
Surface gravity (log g)3.89[7] cgs
Temperature8246[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]-2.00[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)229[8] km/s
Other designations
36 Ser, b Ser, HR 5895, HIP 77660, HD 141851, SAO 140801, BD-02° 4058
Database references
SIMBADdata

36 Serpentis, also known as b Serpentis, is a star in the constellation Serpens.[2] It is a binary with the primary component being a Lambda Boötis star, meaning that it has solar-like amounts of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, while containing very low amounts of iron peak elements.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 van Leeuwen, F.; et al. (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.
  2. 1 2 "b Serpentis -- Double or multiple star". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 Docobo, José A.; et al. (2010). "EMCCD Speckle Interferometry with the 6 m Telescope: Astrometric Measurements, Differential Photometry, and Orbits". The Astronomical Journal. 140 (4): 1078–1083. Bibcode:2010AJ....140.1078D. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/4/1078.
  4. 1 2 Johnson, H. L. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  5. Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
  6. Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (2001). "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 367: 521–24. arXiv:astro-ph/0012289. Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451.
  7. 1 2 3 Prugniel, Ph.; Vauglin, I.; Koleva, M. (1986). "The atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 531. arXiv:1104.4952. Bibcode:2011A&A...531A.165P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116769.
  8. Royer, F.; Zorec, J.; Gómez, A. E. (2007). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 463 (2): 671–682. arXiv:astro-ph/0610785. Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224.
  9. Nikolov, G.; Atanasova, E.; Iliev, I. K.; Paunzen, E.; Barzova, I. S. (April 2008). "Spectroscopic orbit determination of two metal-weak dwarf stars: HD64491 and HD141851". Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso. 38 (2): 433–434. Bibcode:2008CoSka..38..433N.


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