HD 51418
Star in the constellation Auriga
HD 51418
Location of HD 51418 (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000.0[ 1] Equinox J2000.0[ 1]
Constellation
Auriga
Right ascension
06h 59m 20.12818s [ 1]
Declination
+42° 18′ 53.1147″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
6.67
Characteristics
Spectral type
A0 SrCrEuDy,[ 2] A0pEuSrCrMgII[ 3]
B−V color index
0.09[ 1]
J−H color index
-0.087[ 1]
J−K color index
-0.037[ 1]
Variable type
α2 CVn variable [ 2]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv ) −22.5± 3.0[ 4] km/sProper motion (μ) RA: -1.210[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: −6.792[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)5.6092 ± 0.0929 mas [ 1] Distance 581 ± 10 ly (178 ± 3 pc )
Details Mass 3.557± 0.178[ 5] M ☉ Radius 3.297± 0.165[ 5] R ☉
Other designations AG +42° 775,
BD +42°1629,
Gaia DR2 951315950188279424,
GC 9158,
HD 51418,
HIP 33643,
SAO 41475,
PPM 49494,
TIC 192072521,
TYC 2950-1335-1,
GSC 02950-01335,
2MASS J06592013+4218531, NY Aur, Renson 14180
[ 1]
Database references SIMBAD data
HD 51418 (NY Aurigae ) is an Ap star and an α2 CVn variable located about 178 parsecs (580 ly) away in the northern constellation of Auriga . With an apparent magnitude of 6.67 and a spectral type of A0, it can be faintly visible by the naked eye as a whitish dot under very good circumstances. The star has been noted as an "extreme lanthanide star,"[ 6] with an overabundance of metals including europium , dysprosium , and holmium , which can be observed in the star's spectra as emission lines .[ 2] [ 7]
A light curve for NY Aurigae, plotted from Hipparcos data[ 8]
In 1972, Austin F. Gulliver et al. announced that HD 51418 is a variable star .[ 9] It was given its variable star designation , NY Aurigae, in 1975.[ 10] HD 51418 possesses a strong magnetic field , which fluctuates in strength between −22–75 milliteslas (−220–750 G ).[ 11] The magnetic minimum is known to occur concurrently with the minimums in luminosity and rare-earth detection.[ 7]
Visual companion
Speckle imaging observations conducted in 2009 revealed a previously unresolved companion star at a separation of 0.15 arcseconds . The secondary star, component "B" of the double star WDS 06593+4219 as designated in the Washington Double Star Catalog , is an F-type star with an apparent magnitude of 10.0.[ 12] [ 13]
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j "HD 51418" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ a b c Bychkov, V. D.; Bychkova, L. V.; Madej, J. (2021). "Catalog of averaged magnetic phase curves of stars: Second edition". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 652 : A31. arXiv :2004.14099 . Bibcode :2021A&A...652A..31B . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202040215 . ISSN 0004-6361 . Record for this source at VizieR .
^ Pyper, Diane M.; Adelman, Saul J. (1 August 2021). "Light Curve Changes and Possible Precession in mCP Stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 133 (1026): 084203. Bibcode :2021PASP..133h4203P . doi :10.1088/1538-3873/ac1ac0 . ISSN 0004-6280 .
^ Brandt, Timothy D. (1 June 2021). "The Hipparcos–Gaia Catalog of Accelerations: Gaia EDR3 Edition" . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 254 (2): 42. arXiv :2105.11662 . Bibcode :2021ApJS..254...42B . doi :10.3847/1538-4365/abf93c . ISSN 0067-0049 .
^ a b Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Mignard, François; Thévenin, Frédéric (2019). "Stellar and substellar companions of nearby stars from Gaia DR2: Binarity from proper motion anomaly". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 623 : A72. arXiv :1811.08902 . Bibcode :2019A&A...623A..72K . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201834371 . ISSN 0004-6361 . Record for this source at VizieR .
^ Hümmerich, S.; Paunzen, E.; Bernhard, K. (2020). "A plethora of new, magnetic chemically peculiar stars from LAMOST DR4". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 640 : A40. arXiv :2005.14444 . Bibcode :2020A&A...640A..40H . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202037750 . ISSN 0004-6361 .
^ a b Jones, T. J.; Wolff, S. C.; Bonsack, W. K. (1974). "The Holmium AP star HD 51418". The Astrophysical Journal . 190 : 579. Bibcode :1974ApJ...190..579J . doi :10.1086/152913 . ISSN 0004-637X .
^ EAS (1997). "The HIPPARCOS and TYCHO catalogues" . Astrometric and Photometric Star Catalogues Derived from the ESA Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission . ESA SP Series. 1200 . Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. Bibcode :1997HIP...C......0E . ISBN 9290923997 . Retrieved 15 October 2022 .
^ Gulliver, A. F.; Macrae, D. A.; Percy, J. R.; Winzer, J. E. (February 1972). "The spectrum and light variations in the peculiar A star HD 51418" . Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada . 66 : 72. Bibcode :1972JRASC..66...72G . Retrieved 30 November 2024 .
^ Kukarkin, B. V.; Kholopov, P. N.; Kukarkina, N. P.; Perova, N. B. (January 1975). "60th Name-List of Variable Stars" (PDF) . Information Bulletin on Variable Stars . 961 . Bibcode :1975IBVS..961....1K . Retrieved 30 November 2024 .
^ Campos, L. M. B. C. (11 January 2011). "On magnetoacoustic-gravity-inertial (MAGI) waves - II. Application to magnetic and rotating stars: MAGI waves in magnetic and rotating stars" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 410 (2): 735– 761. doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17552.x . Record for this source at VizieR .
^ Balega, Yu. Yu.; Dyachenko, V. V.; Maksimov, A. F.; Malogolovets, E. V.; Rastegaev, D. A.; Romanyuk, I. I. (2012). "Speckle interferometry of magnetic stars with the BTA. I. First results". Astrophysical Bulletin . 67 (1): 44– 56. Bibcode :2012AstBu..67...44B . doi :10.1134/S199034131201004X . ISSN 1990-3413 . Record for this source at VizieR .
^ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal . 122 (6): 3466– 3471. Bibcode :2001AJ....122.3466M . doi :10.1086/323920 . Record for this source at VizieR .