3 Ceti
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 04m 30.11827s[1]
Declination −10° 30′ 34.2849″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.953[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3 III[3] or K3 Ib[4]
B−V color index +1.66[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−42.10±0.33[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −6.85[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −12.02[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.56 ± 0.31 mas[1]
Distanceapprox. 2,100 ly
(approx. 600 pc)
Details
Mass9.0±0.6[6] M☉
Luminosity (bolometric)10,170[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)0.90[7] cgs
Temperature4,152[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.08[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)5.8±1.0[8] km/s
Age29.7±3.6[6] Myr
Other designations
3 Cet, NSV 13, BD−11°6194, FK5 2001, HD 225212, HIP 355, HR 9103, SAO 147066, 2MASS J00043012-1030344[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

3 Ceti is a single,[10] orange-hued star located around 2,100 light years away in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.95.[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −42 km/s.[5] It has a peculiar velocity of 60.7+3.8
−6.2 km/s and is a candidate runaway star.[6]

This is a supergiant star with a stellar classification of K3 Ib,[4] although Houk and Swift (1999) classed it as a normal giant at K3 III.[3] It displays microvariability, undergoing changes in brightness with a frequency of 11.2 times per day and an amplitude of 0.0053 in magnitude.[4] The star is about 30 million years old with nine times the mass of the Sun.[6] It is radiating 10,170[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,152 K.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e Hohle, M.M.; et al. (2010). "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants". Astronomische Nachrichten. 331 (4): 349. arXiv:1003.2335. Bibcode:2010AN....331..349H. doi:10.1002/asna.200911355. S2CID 111387483.
  3. ^ a b Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars". Michigan Spectral Survey. 5. Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
  4. ^ a b c Koen, Chris; Eyer, Laurent (2002). "New periodic variables from the Hipparcos epoch photometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 331 (1): 45. arXiv:astro-ph/0112194. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.331...45K. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05150.x.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c d Tetzlaff, N.; et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, S2CID 118629873
  7. ^ a b c d Luck, R. Earle (2014). "Parameters and Abundances in Luminous Stars". The Astronomical Journal. 147 (6): 137. Bibcode:2014AJ....147..137L. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/137.
  8. ^ De Medeiros, J. R.; Udry, S.; Burki, G.; Mayor, M. (2002). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars. II. Ib supergiant stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 395: 97–98. Bibcode:2002A&A...395...97D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021214.
  9. ^ "3 Cet". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  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.
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