U Sagittarii

U Sagittarii (center) is the brightest star in the open cluster Messier 25.[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension 18h 31m 53.332s[2]
Declination −19° 07′ 30.26″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.28 to 7.15[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Supergiant
Spectral type G1Ib[4]
U−B color index +0.85[5]
B−V color index +1.06[5]
Variable type δ Cep[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)2.2±0.3[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.795 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: −6.127 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)1.5693 ± 0.0224 mas[2]
Distance2,080 ± 30 ly
(637 ± 9 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−3.86 to −3.10[5]
Details
Mass6.54 to 6.64[7] M☉
Radius55.5 to 56.3[7] R☉
Luminosity4,370 to 4,650[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)0.99[8] cgs
Temperature5,802[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.17[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)15.4[9] km/s
Age91[10] Myr
Other designations
U Sgr, BD−19°5047, GC 25287, HD 170764, HIP 90836, HR 6947, SAO 161571, WDS J18319-1908A[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

U Sagittarii is a variable star in the southern constellation of Sagittarius, abbreviated U Sgr. It is a classical Cepheid variable that ranges in brightness from an apparent visual magnitude of 6.28 down to 7.15, with a pulsation period of 6.745226 days.[3] At its brightest, this star is dimly visible to the naked eye. The distance to this star is approximately 2,080 light years based on parallax measurements,[2] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 2 km/s.[6]

A light curve for U Sagittarii, plotted from ASAS data[12]

The variability of this star was announced by J. Schmidt in 1866, who found a preliminary period of 6.74784 days.[13] It was later determined to be a variable of the Cepheid type.[14] In 1925, P. Doig assumed that the star is a member of the open cluster Messier 25 (M25), but actual evidence of its membership would not be available until 1932 when P. Hayford made radial velocity measurements of the cluster.[15] Membership in this cluster is now reasonably established,[16] and as such this Cepheid serves as one of the anchors for the cosmic distance scale since the distance to the cluster can be determined independently from the star.[17]

This is an evolved G-type supergiant star with a typical stellar classification of G1Ib.[4] It appears to be making its third traversal of the instability strip with its period changing at the rate of +0.073±0.010 s·yr−1. Elemental abundances are similar to those in the Sun.[17] It has an estimated 6.6 times the mass of the Sun and 56 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating over 4,000[7] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,802 K.[8]

References

  1. ^ Luginbuhl, Christian B.; Skiff, Brian A. (1998), Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects, Cambridge University Press, p. 213, ISBN 9780521625562.
  2. ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ a b Houk, N.; Smith-Moore, M. (1988), Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars, vol. 4, Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
  5. ^ a b c Sandage, Allan (May 1960), "Cepheids in Galactic Clusters.VI. U SGR in M25", Astrophysical Journal, 131: 610, Bibcode:1960ApJ...131..610S, doi:10.1086/146873.
  6. ^ a b Breger, M. (1967), "Velocity, radius and light variations of the cepheid U Sgr", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 136: 61, Bibcode:1967MNRAS.136...61B, doi:10.1093/mnras/136.1.61.
  7. ^ a b c d Fadeyev, Yu. A. (August 2018), Shustov, B. M.; Wiebe, D. S. (eds.), "Secular period change in the cepheid U Sgr and the theory of stellar evolution", Stars and Satellites, Proceedings of the Memorial Conference Devoted to A.G. Masevich 100th Anniversary, held in Moscow, Russia, in Oct 15-16, 2018, INASAN Science Proceedings (in Russian), Moscow: Yanus-K, pp. 152–156, Bibcode:2018sas..conf..152F, doi:10.26087/INASAN.2018.2.2.024.
  8. ^ a b c d Prugniel, Ph.; et al. (July 2011), "The atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 531: A165, arXiv:1104.4952, Bibcode:2011A&A...531A.165P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116769, S2CID 54940439, A165.
  9. ^ Jönsson, Henrik; et al. (2020), "APOGEE Data and Spectral Analysis from SDSS Data Release 16: Seven Years of Observations Including First Results from APOGEE-South", The Astronomical Journal, 160 (3): 120, arXiv:2007.05537, Bibcode:2020AJ....160..120J, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aba592, S2CID 220496397.
  10. ^ Skowron, Dorota M.; et al. (2019), "A three-dimensional map of the Milky Way using classical Cepheid variable stars", Science, 365 (6452): 478–482, arXiv:1806.10653, Bibcode:2019Sci...365..478S, doi:10.1126/science.aau3181, PMID 31371611, S2CID 199064609.
  11. ^ "U Sgr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  12. ^ "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  13. ^ Schmidt, Johann Friedrich Julius (March 1868), "Über die Lichtphasen von A, γ und U Sagittarii in den Jahren 1866 und 1867", Astronomische Nachrichten (in German), 71: 139, Bibcode:1868AN.....71..139S.
  14. ^ Shapley, H. (December 1918), "Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. VIII. The luminosities and distances of 139 Cepheid variables", Astrophysical Journal, 48: 279–294, Bibcode:1918ApJ....48..279S, doi:10.1086/142435.
  15. ^ Wallerstein, George (April 1957), "The Absolute Magnitude of U Sagittarii and Its Membership in M 25", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 69 (407): 172, Bibcode:1957PASP...69..172W, doi:10.1086/127041, S2CID 121527741.
  16. ^ Chen, Xiaodian; et al. (January 2015), "A search for open cluster Cepheids in the Galactic plane", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446 (2): 1268–1282, arXiv:1410.4489, Bibcode:2015MNRAS.446.1268C, doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2165.
  17. ^ a b Majaess, D.; et al. (December 2013), "Anchors for the cosmic distance scale: the Cepheids U Sagittarii, CF Cassiopeiae, and CEab Cassiopeiae", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 560: A22, arXiv:1311.0865, Bibcode:2013A&A...560A..22M, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322670, S2CID 55934597, A22.

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