π1 Gruis
Surface of the red giant star π1 Gruis.[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Grus
Right ascension 22h 22m 44.20571s[2]
Declination −45° 56′ 52.6115″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.31 - 7.01[3] + 10.4[4]
Characteristics
Spectral type S5,7:[5] + G0V[4]
Variable type SRb[6]
Astrometry
Parallax (π)6.13 ± 0.76 mas[2]
Distanceapprox. 530 ly
(approx. 160 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)G0: +4.3[4]
Orbit[4]
Period (P)6,200 years
Semi-major axis (a)2.8"
(460 AU)
Details
A
Mass1.5[4] M☉
Radius350[1] R☉
Luminosity7,244[4] L☉
Temperature3,100[4] K
B
Mass1.0[4] M☉
Other designations
CD−46°14292, HR 8521, HD 212087, SAO 231105, HIP 110478
Database references
SIMBADdata

π1 Gruis (Pi1 Gruis) is a semiregular variable star in the constellation Grus around 530 light-years from Earth. It forms a close naked-eye double with π2 Gru four arc-minutes away.

A visual band light curve for π1 Gruis, adapted from Mayer et al. (2014)[4]

π1 Gruis is an asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star of spectral type S5. It is one of the brightest members of a class of stars known as S stars. It is also a semi-regular variable star ranging from apparent magnitude 5.3 to 7.0 over a period of 198.8 days.[7] It is an ageing star, thought to be well on its way transitioning from a red giant to a planetary nebula. A shell of material has been detected at a distance of 0.91 light-years (0.28 parsecs), which is estimated to have been ejected 21,000 years ago.[8] Closer to the star, there appears to be a cavity within 200 AU, suggesting a drop off in the ejection of material in the past 90 years. The presence of one companion makes the shape of the shell irregular (rather than spherical), and there may as yet be another undetected companion contributing to this.[9]

π1 Gruis has a companion star of apparent magnitude 10.9 that is sunlike in properties—a yellow main sequence star of spectral type G0V. Separated by 2.71″, the pair make up a likely binary system. The primary star has a measured diameter of 18.37 milliarcseconds,[10] corresponding to a size 350 times that of the Sun.[1]

The star was catalogued by French explorer and astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756 but not given a name. Instead, he gave the Bayer designation of "π Gruis" to π2. It was Thomas Brisbane who designated this star as π1.[11] Annie Jump Cannon was the first to report its unusual spectrum, sending a plate of its spectrograph made in 1895 to Paul W. Merrill and noting its similarity to R Andromedae. Merrill selected these two stars along with R Cygni to be the three prototypes of the S star class.[12] π1 Gruis was one of the first 17 stars defined as S-stars by Merrill in 1922; the only star not observed from Mount Wilson due to its southerly location in the sky.[13] Analysis of its spectrum showed bands indicating the presence of technetium,[14] as well as oxides of zirconium, lanthanum, cerium and yttrium but not titanium nor barium which have been recorded in other S stars.[15]

References

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  8. ^ Young, K.; Phillips, T. G.; Knapp, G. R. (1993). "Circumstellar shells resolved in IRAS survey data. II - Analysis". Astrophysical Journal. 409: 725–38. Bibcode:1993ApJ...409..725Y. doi:10.1086/172702.
  9. ^ Sacuto, S.; Jorissen, A.; Cruzalèbes, P.; Chesneau, O.; et al. (2008). "The close circumstellar environment of the semi-regular S-type star π 1 Gruis". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 482 (2): 561–74. arXiv:0803.3077. Bibcode:2008A&A...482..561S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078306. S2CID 14085392.
  10. ^ Paladini, C; Baron, F; Jorissen, A; Le Bouquin, J.-B; Freytag, B; Van Eck, S; Wittkowski, M; Hron, J; Chiavassa, A; Berger, J.-P; Siopis, C; Mayer, A; Sadowski, G; Kravchenko, K; Shetye, S; Kerschbaum, F; Kluska, J; Ramstedt, S (2017). "Large granulation cells on the surface of the giant star π1 Gruis". Nature. 553 (7688): 310–312. doi:10.1038/nature25001. PMID 29258298. S2CID 4466336.
  11. ^ Wagman, Morton (2003). Lost Stars: Lost, Missing and Troublesome Stars from the Catalogues of Johannes Bayer, Nicholas Louis de Lacaille, John Flamsteed, and Sundry Others. Blacksburg, VA: The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company. pp. 360–62. ISBN 978-0-939923-78-6.
  12. ^ Merrill, Paul W. (1955). "Red Stars". Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 67 (397): 199–213. Bibcode:1955PASP...67..199M. doi:10.1086/126804. S2CID 239491440.
  13. ^ Merrill, Paul W. (1922). "Stellar spectra of class S". Astrophysical Journal. 56: 457–82. Bibcode:1922ApJ....56..457M. doi:10.1086/142716.
  14. ^ Little, Stephen J.; Little-Marenin, Irene R.; Bauer, Wendy Hagen (1987). "Additional late-type stars with technetium". Astronomical Journal. 94: 981–995. Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..981L. doi:10.1086/114532.
  15. ^ Murty, P.S. (1983). "Pi Gruis - Molecular identifications and spectral classification". Astrophysics and Space Science. 94 (2): 295–305. Bibcode:1983Ap&SS..94..295M. doi:10.1007/BF00653719. ISSN 0004-640X. S2CID 122165729.
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