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Theta Normae

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Theta Normae
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Norma
Right ascension 16h 15m 15.31794s[1]
Declination −47° 22′ 19.2710″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.13[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B8 V[3]
B−V color index −0.12[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+1.4±4.2[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −34.771 mas/yr
Dec.: −45.813 mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.2718 ± 0.1692 mas[5]
Distance352 ± 6 ly
(108 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.23[6]
Details
Mass3.6[7] M
Radius3.05[8] R
Luminosity184[9] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.5[7] cgs
Temperature12,341[9] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)251[10] km/s
Age17[7] Myr
Other designations
θ Nor, CPD−47° 10611, HD 145842, HIP 79653, HR 6045, SAO 226600[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

θ Normae, Latinised as Theta Normae, is a binary star system in the constellation Norma. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.13[2] and is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white-hued point of light. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 9.27 mas as seen from Earth,[5] this system is located about 352 light-years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of these stars is diminished by an extinction of 0.45 due to interstellar dust.[12]

Chini et al. (2012) identified this as a single-lined spectroscopic binary system.[13] The visible component is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B8 V.[3] It is about 17[7] million tears old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 251 km/s.[10] The star has 3.6[7] times the mass of the Sun and 3.05[8] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating about 184 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,341 K.[9] This system displays an infrared excess, suggesting a debris disk is orbiting at a mean radius of 21.8 AU with a temperature of 220 K.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Houk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 2, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b 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, S2CID 18759600.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c d e Gullikson, Kevin; et al. (2016), "The Close Companion Mass-ratio Distribution of Intermediate-mass Stars", The Astronomical Journal, 152 (2): 40, arXiv:1604.06456, Bibcode:2016AJ....152...40G, doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/40, S2CID 119179065.
  8. ^ a b c Cotten, Tara H.; Song, Inseok (July 2016), "A Comprehensive Census of Nearby Infrared Excess Stars", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 225 (1): 24, arXiv:1606.01134, Bibcode:2016ApJS..225...15C, doi:10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/15, S2CID 118438871, 15.
  9. ^ a b c 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.
  10. ^ a b Uesugi, Akira; Fukuda, Ichiro (1970), "Catalogue of rotational velocities of the stars", Contributions from the Institute of Astrophysics and Kwasan Observatory, University of Kyoto, Bibcode:1970crvs.book.....U.
  11. ^ "tet Nor". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  12. ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012), "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars", Astronomy Letters, 38 (11): 694–706, arXiv:1606.09028, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..694G, doi:10.1134/S1063773712110035, S2CID 119108982.
  13. ^ Chini, R.; et al. (2012), "A spectroscopic survey on the multiplicity of high-mass stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 424 (3): 1925–1929, arXiv:1205.5238, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.424.1925C, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21317.x, S2CID 119120749.