Tau1 Aquarii

τ1 Aquarii
Diagram showing star positions and boundaries of the Aquarius constellation and its surroundings
Location of τ1 Aquarii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 22h 47m 42.76932s[1]
Declination –14° 03′ 23.1409″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.66[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B9 V[3]
U−B color index –0.25[4]
B−V color index –0.05[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+15[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +30.61[1] mas/yr
Dec.: –9.23[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.27 ± 0.46[1] mas
Distance320 ± 10 ly
(97 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.74[6]
Details
Radius2.0[7] R☉
Luminosity53[6] L☉
Age100[8] Myr
Other designations
τ1 Aqr, 69 Aquarii, ADS 16268, BD–14 6346, HD 215766, HIP 112542, HR 8673, SAO 165298.[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Tau1 Aquarii, Latinized from τ1 Aquarii, is the Bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.66,[2] it is a faint naked eye that requires dark suburban skies for viewing. Parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission yield a distance estimate of roughly 320 light-years (98 parsecs) from Earth.[1]

τ1 Aquarii has a stellar classification of B9 V;[3] right along the borderline between a B- and A-type main sequence star. It is around 100[8] million years old and has twice the Sun's radius.[7] When examined in the infrared band, it displays an excess emission that is a characteristic of stars with an orbiting debris disk. The model that best fits the data suggests there are two concentric circumstellar disks.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  2. 1 2 Corben, P. M.; Stoy, R. H. (1968), "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, 27: 11, Bibcode:1968MNSSA..27...11C.
  3. 1 2 Houk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
  4. 1 2 Nicolet, B. (1978), "Photoelectric photometric Catalogue of homogeneous measurements in the UBV System", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 34: 1–49, Bibcode:1978A&AS...34....1N.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), General catalogue of stellar radial velocities, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
  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 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367: 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451.
  8. 1 2 3 Morales, Farisa Y.; et al. (April 2011), "Common Warm Dust Temperatures Around Main-sequence Stars", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 730 (2): L29, Bibcode:2011ApJ...730L..29M, doi:10.1088/2041-8205/730/2/L29.
  9. ↑ "* tau01 Aqr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
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