Gamma Piscis Austrini
Gamma Piscis Austrini, Latinized from γ Piscis Austrini, is three-star system[7] in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus. It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.448.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 15.1 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] the system is located about 216 light years from the Sun.
The A and B components, as of 2010, are separated by 4 arc seconds in the sky along a position angle of 255°.[10] The "A" component is itself a binary, made up of two stars orbiting each other with an orbital period of 15 years and a separation of nine astronomical units,[7] with a combined apparent magnitude of 4.59.[3] The component Aa has 2.65 times more mass than the Sun and 2.9 times its radius, being a chemically peculiar star[7] with a spectral type A0 Vp(SrCrEu).[4] The Ab component is smaller, at 0.94 times the Sun's mass and 0.84 times its radius.[7] The fainter magnitude 8.20[3] companion, component B, is an F-type main sequence star with a class of F5 V.[5] It has 20% more mass than the Sun and a radius 15% larger.[7]
Gamma Piscis Austrini is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 24.1 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 21,605 and 30,903 light-years from the center of the Galaxy. It came closest to the Sun 1.8 million years ago at a distance of 157 light-years.[11]
The current age of the system is 350 million years. It will become a triple white dwarf system within 14 billion years.[7]
Naming
[edit]In Chinese, 敗臼 (Bài Jiù), meaning Decayed Mortar, refers to an asterism consisting of refers to an asterism consisting of γ Piscis Austrini, γ Gruis, λ Gruis and 19 Piscis Austrini. Consequently, the Chinese name for γ Piscis Austrini itself is 敗臼三 (Bài Jiù sān, English: the Third Star of Decayed Mortar.)[12]
References
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- ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters, 32 (11): 759–771, arXiv:1606.08053, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, S2CID 119231169.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Waisberg, Idel; Klein, Ygal; Katz, Boaz (2024-10-01). "Hidden Companions to Intermediate-mass Stars. Upgraded Multiplicity 2 → 3. XXIII. Discovery of a 0.94M ⊙, 9.2 au Companion to the Ap Star Gamma Piscis Austrini A". Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society. 8 (10): 258. Bibcode:2024RNAAS...8..258W. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ad84fb. ISSN 2515-5172.
- ^ a b 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.
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- ^ Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 3466, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920.
- ^ 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.
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External links
[edit]- Kaler, James B. (October 29, 2010), "Gamma Piscis Austrini", Stars, University of Illinois.
