Iota Lyrae

A light curve for Iota Lyrae, plotted from TESS data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Lyra
Right ascension 19h 07m 18.13251s[2]
Declination +36° 06′ 00.5592″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.22[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B6IV[4]
Variable type Be star[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−26.0±4.6[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.437[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −3.876[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.5858 ± 0.1924 mas[2]
Distance910 ± 50 ly
(280 ± 10 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.94[7]
Orbit[8]
Period (P)216.93 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.172″
Eccentricity (e)0.637
Inclination (i)145.5°
Longitude of the node (Ω)171.4°
Periastron epoch (T)B 1997.28
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		201.2°
Details
Mass5.2[9] M☉
Radius6.7[10] R☉
Luminosity854[10] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.54[9] cgs
Temperature12,059[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.11[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)224[11] km/s
Age168[12] Myr
Other designations
ι Lyr, 18 Lyr, BD+35°3485, GC 26338, HD 178475, HIP 93903, HR 7262, SAO 67834, WDS 19073+3606, GSC 02652-01709[13]
Database references
SIMBADdata

ι Lyrae, Latinised as Iota Lyrae, is a binary star[3] in the northern constellation of Lyra. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 5.22.[3] This object is located approximately 910 light years distant from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting nearer with a radial velocity of −26 km/s.[6]

This is a wide binary system with a computed orbital period of 217 years and an eccentricity of 0.6.[8] The primary component has a stellar classification of B6IV,[4] matching a B-type subgiant star. It is a Be star,[14] displaying emission lines in its spectrum, and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 224 km/s.[11] The star ranges in brightness from magnitude 5.20 down to 5.27.[5] It has about five times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 854 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,059 K.

References

  1. ^ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ a b Lesh, Janet Rountree (December 1968). "The Kinematics of the Gould Belt: an Expanding Group?". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 17: 371. Bibcode:1968ApJS...17..371L. doi:10.1086/190179.
  5. ^ a b Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1, 61 (1): 80–88, Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, S2CID 125853869.
  6. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. S2CID 119231169.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b "Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars". United States Naval Observatory. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Anders, F.; et al. (August 2019). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 628: A94. arXiv:1904.11302. Bibcode:2019A&A...628A..94A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935765. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
  10. ^ a b c McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (15 June 2017). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho–Gaia stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471 (1): 770–791. arXiv:1706.02208. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.471..770M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1433. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
  11. ^ a b Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 537: A120. arXiv:1201.2052. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. S2CID 55586789.
  12. ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (December 2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters. 38 (12): 771–782. arXiv:1606.08814. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..771G. doi:10.1134/S1063773712120031. ISSN 0320-0108. S2CID 255201789.
  13. ^ "iot Lyr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  14. ^ Abt, H. A.; Cardona, O. (October 1984), "Be stars in binaries", Astrophysical Journal, 285: 190–194, Bibcode:1984ApJ...285..190A, doi:10.1086/162490
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