69 Herculis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 17h 17m 40.25427s[1]
Declination +37° 17′ 29.3995″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.63 (4.66 + 8.68)[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type A2V[3]
B−V color index 0.043±0.003[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−9.90±1.78[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −43.05[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +64.36[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)18.59 ± 0.33 mas[1]
Distance175 ± 3 ly
(53.8 ± 1.0 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.99[4]
Details
69 Her A
Mass2.12[6] M☉
Radius2.2[7] R☉
Luminosity36.64[4] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.02[8] cgs
Temperature9,141[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.29[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)141[8] km/s
Age155[9] Myr
Other designations
e Her, 69 Her, BD+37°2864, HD 156729, HIP 84606, HR 6436, SAO 65921[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

69 Herculis is a binary star[2] system in the northern constellation Hercules. It has the Bayer designation e Herculis, while 69 Herculis is the Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.63.[2] The distance to this system can be estimated from parallax measurements, which yields a range of 175 light years. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s.[5]

The magnitude 4.66[2] primary, designated component A, is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2V.[3] It is 155[9] million years old with 2.12[6] times the mass of the Sun. The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 155 km/s, which is creating an equatorial bulge that is 5% larger than the star's polar radius.[9] It is about 2.2[7] times the size of the Sun and is radiating 37[4] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,141 K.[8]

The secondary, component B, is magnitude 8.68 star with an angular separation of 0.840″ from the primary, as of 2008.[2] X-ray emission has been detected from this system. As A-type stars are not expected to be X-ray sources, this emission is most likely coming from the companion.[11]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e 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.
  3. ^ a b Cowley, A.; et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal, 74: 375–406, Bibcode:1969AJ.....74..375C, doi:10.1086/110819.
  4. ^ a b c d 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.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (2) (Third ed.): 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754.
  8. ^ a b c d e Erspamer, D.; North, P. (February 2003), "Automated spectroscopic abundances of A and F-type stars using echelle spectrographs. II. Abundances of 140 A-F stars from ELODIE", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 398 (3): 1121–1135, arXiv:astro-ph/0210065, Bibcode:2003A&A...398.1121E, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021711, S2CID 1109164.
  9. ^ a b c van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 20 (1): 51, arXiv:1204.2572, Bibcode:2012A&ARv..20...51V, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, S2CID 119273474.
  10. ^ "69 Her". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  11. ^ Schröder, C.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M. (November 2007), "X-ray emission from A-type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 475 (2): 677−684, Bibcode:2007A&A...475..677S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077429.
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