14 Ceti
Star in the constellation Cetus
14 Ceti is a single[ 11] star in the equatorial constellation of Cetus . It is faintly visible to the naked eye under good viewing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.84.[ 2] The distance to 14 Ceti can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 17.4″ ,[ 1] which puts it 187 light years away. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +11 km/s,[ 7] having recently come no closer than 178 ly.[ 6]
Gray (1989) as well as Houk and Swift (1999) have this star classified as an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V.[ 4] [ 5] However, in the 5th revised edition of the Bright Star Catalogue it was classed by Hoffleit and Warren (1991) as a more evolved subgiant star with a class of F5 IV.[ 12] The absolute magnitude and effective temperature for this star shows that it is entering the Hertzsprung gap , which is occupied by a class of stars that have consumed the hydrogen at their core but have not yet begun hydrogen fusion along a shell surrounding the center.[ 11]
Evolutionary models for this star give an estimated age of around 2.1[ 9] billion years with 1.6[ 2] times the mass of the Sun . It has 2.6[ 2] times the Sun's radius and is radiating 10.7[ 2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 6,583 K.[ 9] There is a thin convective envelope near its surface.[ 2] The star has a lower abundance of elements more massive than helium – what astronomers' term the metallicity – compared to the Sun.[ 9] The projected rotational velocity is a relatively low 5 km/s, but the rotation rate is unknown since the axial tilt hasn't been determined.[ 2]
14 Ceti shows an X-ray emission of 0.33× 1030 erg s−1 , which is on the high side for an F5 star. Both the corona and chromosphere of this star show indications of a magnetic field , and a surface field was detected in 2009 with a strength of −30 G . This made it the only known star between classes F0 and F7 to have a Zeeman effect detected. Two possible explanations for this field are that it is a fast rotator with a dynamo -driven field, or that it is a former Ap star .[ 11] The activity properties of this star make it more likely to be the latter.[ 3]
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^ a b c Aurière, M.; et al. (July 2012), "14 Ceti: a probable Ap-star-descendant entering the Hertzsprung gap", Astronomy & Astrophysics , 543 : 6, arXiv :1205.6962 , Bibcode :2012A&A...543A.118A , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201219324 , S2CID 118482901 , A118 .
^ Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. Jr. (November 1995), "Bright Star Catalogue", VizieR Online Data Catalog (5th Revised ed.), Bibcode :1995yCat.5050....0H .