Groombridge 1830
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 Detailed position of HR 4550 ( = Groombridge 1830; bottom-left edge) related to Chi UMa and Psi UMa. | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 11h 52m 58.76734s[1] |
| Declination | +37° 43′ 07.2541″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.44[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K1V_Fe-1.5[3] |
| U−B color index | +0.16[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.75[2] |
| Variable type | Suspected[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −98.05±0.12[1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +4002.7 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −5817.8 mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 109.0296±0.0197 mas[1] |
| Distance | 29.914 ± 0.005 ly (9.172 ± 0.002 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 6.64[5] |
| Details[6] | |
| Mass | 0.63±0.02 M☉ |
| Radius | 0.586±0.004 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.221±0.005 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.702±0.015 cgs |
| Temperature | 5,174±32 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −1.26±0.07 dex |
| Age | 4.7–5.3[7] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| BD+38 2285, FK5 1307, GCTP 2745.00, GJ 451, HIP 57939, HR 4550, HD 103095, LHS 44, LTT 13276, SAO 62738, 1830 Groombridge, Argelander's Star | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Groombridge 1830 (also known as 1830 Groombridge or Argelander's Star)[8] is a star in the constellation Ursa Major.
Description
[edit]It is a yellow-hued class G8 main sequence star catalogued by British astronomer Stephen Groombridge with the Groombridge Transit Circle between 1806 and the 1830s and published posthumously in his star catalog, Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars (1838). Its high proper motion was noted by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander in 1842. The low metallicity of this star makes some of its spectral lines resemble those of a G-class star,[9] and it has been given as a spectral standard for the class G7V.[10]
It is 29.9 light-years (9.2 parsecs) from the Sun as measured by the Gaia spacecraft,[1] which, as the distance is nearly 10 parsecs, means its absolute magnitude is almost equal to its apparent magnitude. It is a member of the galactic halo; such stars account for only 0.1 to 0.2 percent of the stars near the Sun. Like most halo stars, it has a low abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium—what astronomers term a metal-poor star.[11]
Once suspected of being a binary star with a period of 175 days, current consensus is that it is single. Previous suspected observations of a stellar companion were probably "superflares"—analogous to the Sun's solar flares, but hundreds to millions of times more energetic.[11][12] It had one of the first nine identified superflares.
Proper motion
[edit]When discovered, it had the highest proper motion of any star known, replacing 61 Cygni in that department. Later it dropped to second place after the discovery of Kapteyn's Star, and still later to third place after the discovery of Barnard's Star. It is considerably farther away than either of those stars, however, which means its transverse velocity is greater.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b c Argue, A. N. (1966). "UBV photometry of 550 F, G and K type stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 133 (4): 475–493. Bibcode:1966MNRAS.133..475A. doi:10.1093/mnras/133.4.475.
- ^ Gray, R. O.; Corbally, C. J.; Garrison, R. F.; McFadden, M. T.; Robinson, P. E. (2003). "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 Parsecs: The Northern Sample. I.". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (4): 2048. arXiv:astro-ph/0308182. Bibcode:2003AJ....126.2048G. doi:10.1086/378365.
- ^ Kukarkin, B. V.; et al. (1981). "Catalogue of suspected variable stars". Nachrichtenblatt der Vereinigung der Sternfreunde. Moscow, USSR: Academy of Sciences. Bibcode:1981NVS...C......0K.
- ^ Holmberg, J.; et al. (July 2009). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 501 (3): 941–947. arXiv:0811.3982. Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191. S2CID 118577511.
- ^ Karovicova, I.; White, T. R.; Nordlander, T.; Casagrande, L.; Ireland, M.; Huber, D.; Jofré, P. (2020-08-01). "Fundamental stellar parameters of benchmark stars from CHARA interferometry - I. Metal-poor stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 640: A25. arXiv:2006.05411. Bibcode:2020A&A...640A..25K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202037590. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ Mamajek, Eric E.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (November 2008). "Improved Age Estimation for Solar-Type Dwarfs Using Activity-Rotation Diagnostics". The Astrophysical Journal. 687 (2): 1264–1293. arXiv:0807.1686. Bibcode:2008ApJ...687.1264M. doi:10.1086/591785. S2CID 27151456.
- ^ Peters, C. A. F.; "On the Parallax of Argelander's Star", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, December 1853, v.50, p.302, Bibcode:1853MNRAS..14...49P
- ^ Abt, Helmut A. (1986). "Spectral Classification of Weak-lined Stars Discovered Photometrically". The Astrophysical Journal. 309: 260. Bibcode:1986ApJ...309..260A. doi:10.1086/164597.
- ^ Keenan, Philip C.; Keller, Geoffrey (1953). "Spectral Classification of the High-Velocity Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 117: 241. Bibcode:1953ApJ...117..241K. doi:10.1086/145687.
- ^ a b "Groombridge 1830". SolStation.
- ^ Rubenstein, Eric P. (February 2001). "Superflares and Giant Planets". American Scientist. 89 (1): 38. arXiv:astro-ph/0101573. Bibcode:2001AmSci..89...38R. doi:10.1511/2001.1.38. S2CID 119439101.
External links
[edit]- SolStation.com: Groombridge 1830 at SolStation
- Israelian, Garik; García López, Ramon J.; Rebolo, Rafael (1998). "Oxygen Abundances in Unevolved Metal-poor Stars from Near-Ultraviolet OH Lines". Astrophysical Journal. 507 (2): 805–817. arXiv:astro-ph/9806235. Bibcode:1998ApJ...507..805I. doi:10.1086/306351. S2CID 18215356.
- Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August (1842). "Schreiben des Herrn Professors Argelander Directors der Sternwarte in Bonn, an den Herausgeber". Astronomische Nachrichten (in German). 19 (26): 393. Bibcode:1842AN.....19..393A. doi:10.1002/asna.18420192604.
- Petersen, A. C. (1843). "Beobachtungen des Cometen auf der Altonaer Sternwarte. Von Herrn Observator Ritter Petersen". Astronomische Nachrichten (in German). 20 (10): 163. Bibcode:1843AN.....20..163P. doi:10.1002/asna.18430201003.
- Jürgensen, Louis Urban (1843). "L'Idée de parvenir à l'isochronisme des vibrations du pendule à l'aide du ressort auquel le pendule estsuspendu, est concue par Urbain-Jürgensen, et émise dans le numéro 49 des Astr. Nachr. 1823 Par Mr. Louis Urbain Jürgensen". Astronomische Nachrichten (in French). 20: 279. Bibcode:1843AN.....20..279J. doi:10.1002/asna.18430201703.
