Delta Crateris
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Crater |
Right ascension | 11h 19m 20.44756s[1] |
Declination | −14° 46′ 42.7413″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 3.56[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K0 III[2] |
B−V color index | 1.12[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | ±0.21 −4.94[3] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −124.67[1] mas/yr Dec.: +207.59[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 17.56 ± 0.19[1] mas |
Distance | 186 ± 2 ly (56.9 ± 0.6 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.321[4] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.56[5] M☉ |
Radius | ±0.28 22.44[6] R☉ |
Luminosity | ±9.0 171.4[6] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.59[2] cgs |
Temperature | ±15 4,510[5] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.48[2] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 0.0[3] km/s |
Age | 2.89[5] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Delta Crateris (δ Crt, δ Crateris) is a solitary[8] star in the southern constellation of Crater. With an apparent visual magnitude of 3.56,[2] it is the brightest star[9] in this rather dim constellation. It has an annual parallax shift of 17.56[1] mas as measured from Earth, indicating Delta Crateris lies at a distance of about 186 light years from the Sun.
This is an evolved orange-hued giant star belonging to the spectral class K0 III. Delta Crateris is a member of the so-called red clump, indicating that it is generating energy through the thermonuclear fusion of helium at its core.[4] The star has an estimated 1.56[5] times the mass of the Sun but has expanded to ±0.28 22.44[6] times the Sun's radius.
The metallicity of the star – what astronomers term the abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium – is only 33% that of the Sun.[2] It is around 2.89[5] billion years old with a rotation rate that is too small to measure; the projected rotational velocity is 0.0 km/s.[3] Delta Crateris is radiating ±9.0 as much 171.4luminosity as the Sun from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of ±15 4,510 K.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 van Leeuwen, F. (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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mallik, Sushma V. (December 1999), "Lithium abundance and mass", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 352: 495–507, Bibcode:1999A&A...352..495M.
- 1 2 3 Massarotti, Alessandro; et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity", The Astronomical Journal, 135 (1): 209–231, Bibcode:2008AJ....135..209M, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209.
- 1 2 Soubiran, C.; et al. (2008), "Vertical distribution of Galactic disk stars. IV. AMR and AVR from clump giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 480 (1): 91–101, arXiv:0712.1370, Bibcode:2008A&A...480...91S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078788.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", Astronomical Journal, 150 (3), 88, arXiv:1507.01466, Bibcode:2015AJ....150...88L, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88.
- 1 2 3 Berio, P.; et al. (November 2011), "Chromosphere of K giant stars. Geometrical extent and spatial structure detection", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 535: A59, arXiv:1109.5476, Bibcode:2011A&A...535A..59B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117479.
- ↑ "del Crt". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ↑ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.
- ↑ Ridpath, Ian (2012), A Dictionary of Astronomy, OUP Oxford, p. 108, ISBN 0199609055.
External links
- Kaler, James B., "Delta Crateris", Stars, University of Illinois