12 Hydrae

12 Hydrae
Location of 12 Hydrae (circled in red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Hydra[1]
Right ascension 08h 46m 22.54441s[2]
Declination −13° 32′ 51.8051″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.32[1]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red giant branch[2]
Spectral type G8 IIIb CN-1[3]
B−V color index 0.900±0.015[1]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−8.5±0.7[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +10.316[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −15.012[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)15.8840±0.3987 mas[2]
Distance205 ± 5 ly
(63 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.26[4]
Orbit[5]
PrimaryAa
NameAb
Period (P)1,592±806 d
Semi-major axis (a)0.0116±0.057
Eccentricity (e)0.40±0.26
Inclination (i)58±10°
Longitude of the node (Ω)91±16°
Periastron epoch (T)49,194±664
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
103±34°
Details
Mass1.83[6] M
Radius10.8[7] R
Luminosity71[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.13[6] cgs
Temperature5,105[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.01[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)4.6±0.2[4] km/s
Age410[2] Myr
Other designations
D Hya, 12 Hya, BD−13°2673, HD 74918, HIP 43067, HR 3484, SAO 154622, WDS J08464-1333[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

12 Hydrae is a probable astrometric binary[10] star system located 205 light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It has the Bayer designation D Hydrae;[9] 12 Hydrae is the Flamsteed designation. This system is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.32.[1] It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −8.5 km/s.[1]

This was found to be a double star by R. A. Rossiter in 1953,[11] with the magnitude 13.7 companion having an angular separation of 26.8 along a position angle of 266°, as of 2016. The brighter, magnitude 4.32 component A is a spectroscopic binary. As of 2009, the orbital solution for this pair is of low quality, giving a period of roughly 4 years and an eccentricity of around 0.4.[5]

The primary component is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of G8 IIIb CN-1,[3] where the suffix notation indicates an underabundance of the cyanogen molecule. It is 410 million years old[2] with 1.8 times the mass of the Sun.[6] After exhausting the hydrogen at its core and evolving off the main sequence, the star has swollen to 11 times the Sun's radius.[7] It is radiating 71 times the luminosity of the Sun[8] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,105 K.[7]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 71: 245, Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K, doi:10.1086/191373
  4. ^ a b Ammler-von Eiff, Matthias; Reiners, Ansgar (June 2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 542: A116, arXiv:1204.2459, Bibcode:2012A&A...542A.116A, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, S2CID 53666672.
  5. ^ a b Hartkopf, W. I.; et al. (June 30, 2006), Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars, United States Naval Observatory, archived from the original on 2017-08-01, retrieved 2017-06-02.
  6. ^ a b c d Khalatyan, A.; Anders, F.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B. A.; Nepal, S.; Dal Ponte, M.; Jordi, C.; Guiglion, G.; Valentini, M.; Torralba Elipe, G.; Steinmetz, M.; Pantaleoni-González, M.; Malhotra, S.; Jiménez-Arranz, Ó.; Enke, H.; Casamiquela, L.; Ardèvol, J. (2024). "Transferring spectroscopic stellar labels to 217 million Gaia DR3 XP stars with SHBoost". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691: A98. arXiv:2407.06963. Bibcode:2024A&A...691A..98K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451427.
  7. ^ a b c d Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467.
  8. ^ a b Fetherolf, Tara; Pepper, Joshua; Simpson, Emilie; Kane, Stephen R.; Močnik, Teo; English, John Edward; Antoci, Victoria; Huber, Daniel; Jenkins, Jon M.; Stassun, Keivan; Twicken, Joseph D.; Vanderspek, Roland; Winn, Joshua N. (2023). "Variability Catalog of Stars Observed during the TESS Prime Mission". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 268 (1): 4. arXiv:2208.11721. Bibcode:2023ApJS..268....4F. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/acdee5.
  9. ^ a b "12 Hya". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Rossiter, R. A. (February 1953), "Seventh list of new Southern double stars found at the Lamont-Hussey Observatory of the University of Michigan at Bloemfontein, South Africa.", Astronomical Journal, 58: 29–30, Bibcode:1953AJ.....58...29R, doi:10.1086/106804.