Eta Chamaeleontis

Eta Chamaeleontis
Diagram showing star positions and boundaries of the Chamaeleon constellation and its surroundings
Location of η Chamaeleontis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Chamaeleon
Right ascension 08h 41m 19.51346s[1]
Declination −78° 57′ 48.0967″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.453[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B8V[3]
U−B color index –0.34[4]
B−V color index –0.10[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)14.00[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -28.89[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 27.21[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.53 ± 0.16[1] mas
Distance310 ± 5 ly
(95 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.57[6]
Details
Mass3.2[7] M☉
Radius3.3[8] R☉
Luminosity95[6] L☉
Temperature12487 ± 98[9] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)390[9] km/s
Other designations
η Cha, CPD–78° 372, GC 12063, HD 75416, HIP 42637, HR 3502, SAO 256543[3]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Eta Chamaeleontis, Latinized from η Chamaeleontis, is a star in the constellation Chamaeleon. It has an apparent magnitude of about 5.5, meaning that it is just barely visible to the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft, this star is located some 310 light years (95 parsecs) away from the Sun.[1]

Eta Chamaeleontis has a spectral type of B8V, meaning it is an B-type main sequence star.[3] These types of stars are a few times more massive than the Sun, and have effective temperatures of about 10,000 to 30,000 K. Eta Chamaeleontis is just over 3 times more massive than the Sun[7] and has a temperature of about 12,000 K.[9]

Eta Chamaeleontis is the brightest and most massive member of the eponymous Eta Chamaeleontis Cluster (or Mamajek 1), a very nearby (316 light years), and young (8 million years old) open cluster discovered in 1999. The cluster contains nearly 20 stellar members spread out over a 40-arcminute diameter region of sky, including the neighboring A-type star HD 75505 and the eclipsing binary RS Cha.[10] All of the low-mass members (including RS Cha) are pre-main sequence, and several of them appear to still be accreting from protoplanetary disks.

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ Høg, E.; et al. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  3. 1 2 3 "eta Del". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 Cousins, A. W. J.; Stoy, R. H. (1962). "Photoelectric magnitudes and colours of Southern stars". Royal Observatory Bulletin. Bibcode:1962RGOB...64..103C. (Accessed using SIMBAD)
  5. ↑ Kharchenko, N. V.; et al. (2007). "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ~55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations". Astronomische Nachrichten. 328 (9): 889. arXiv:0705.0878. Bibcode:2007AN....328..889K. doi:10.1002/asna.200710776.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. 1 2 Mamajek, Eric E.; Lawson, Warrick A.; Feigelson, Eric D. (1999). "The η Chamaeleontis Cluster: A Remarkable New Nearby Young Open Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 516 (2): L77–L80. Bibcode:1999ApJ...516L..77M. doi:10.1086/312005.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 1 2 3 Paunzen, E.; Schnell, A.; Maitzen, H. M. (2005). "An empirical temperature calibration for the Δ a photometric system . I. The B-type stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 444 (3): 941–946. arXiv:astro-ph/0509049. Bibcode:2005A&A...444..941P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053546.
  10. ↑ Mamajek, E.E.; Lawson, W.A.; Feigelson, E.D. (1999). "The eta Chamaeleontis Cluster: A Remarkable New Nearby Young Open Cluster". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 516: L77. Bibcode:1999ApJ...516L..77M. doi:10.1086/312005.
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