Star in the constellation Perseus
λ Persei , Latinized as Lambda Persei , is a star in the northern constellation of Perseus . It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.29.[ 2] This object is located approximately 422 light years from the Sun based on parallax ,[ 1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +6 km/s.[ 4]
λ Persei in optical light
This object has a stellar classification of A0IVn,[ 3] matching an A-type subgiant star with "nebulous" lines due to rapid rotation. It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 196 km/s,[ 8] which is giving the star an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 16% larger than the polar radius.[ 11] Unusually for a star of this type, spectra show weak emission features among the Hydrogen lines , which may be due to plage regions on the surface caused by an implied magnetic field .[ 12] The star is 345[ 9] million years old and is radiating 348[ 5] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,585 K.[ 7]
In Chinese astronomy , Lambda Persei is called 積水, Pinyin : Jīshuǐ, meaning Stored Water , because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Stored Water asterism, Stomach mansion (see : Chinese constellation ).[ 13]
References
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^ Belle, G. T. (2012). "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars". The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review . 20 (1): 51. arXiv :1204.2572 . Bibcode :2012A&ARv..20...51V . doi :10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2 . S2CID 119273474 .
^ Underhill, Anne B. (November 1991). "Lambda Persei: an Unusual B9 IV Star". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 103 : 1176. Bibcode :1991PASP..103.1176U . doi :10.1086/132937 . S2CID 121711589 .
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