Sigma Sculptoris
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 01h 02m 26.43280s[1] |
| Declination | −31° 33′ 07.2237″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.54[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A1/A2 IV[3] |
| U−B color index | +0.13[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.06[2] |
| Variable type | α2 CVn[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −15.40±0.50[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +80.50[1] mas/yr Dec.: +14.64[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 14.04 ± 0.32 mas[1] |
| Distance | 232 ± 5 ly (71 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +1.24[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.07[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.2[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 25.7[9] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.02±0.14[7] cgs |
| Temperature | 9,005±306[7] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 82.1±1.2[10] km/s |
| Age | 464[7] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Sigma Sculptoris, Latinized from σ Sculptoris, is a solitary,[12] white-hued star in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.54.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 14.04 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located about 232 light years from the Sun.
This is an A-type subgiant with a stellar classification of A1/A2 IV.[3] It is a suspected Ap star and is classified as an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable[4] with a periodicity of 2.37 days.[13] The star has an estimated 2.07[7] the mass of the Sun and around 2.2[8] times the Sun's radius. It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 82 km/s[10] and is about 464 million years old.[7] Sigma Sculptoris radiates 25.7[9] times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9005 K.[7]
References
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- ^ de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
- ^ 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, S2CID 119257644.
- ^ a b c d e f g David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015), "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets", The Astrophysical Journal, 804 (2): 146, arXiv:1501.03154, Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146, S2CID 33401607.
- ^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; Pastori, L.; Covino, S.; Pozzi, A. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (3rd ed.): 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754.
- ^ a b McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b Díaz, C. G.; et al. (July 2011), "Accurate stellar rotational velocities using the Fourier transform of the cross correlation maximum", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 531: A143, arXiv:1012.4858, Bibcode:2011A&A...531A.143D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016386, S2CID 119286673.
- ^ "sig Scl -- Variable Star of alpha2 CVn type", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-04-13.
- ^ 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, S2CID 14878976.
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Catalano, F. A.; Renson, P. (February 1998), "The observed periods of AP and BP stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 127 (3): 421–422, Bibcode:1998A&AS..127..421C, doi:10.1051/aas:1998110.
