Upsilon Aurigae
Star in the constellation Auriga
Upsilon Aurigae , Latinised from υ Aurigae, is the Bayer designation for a single[ 11] star in the northern constellation of Auriga . It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.74,[ 2] which means it is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements, this star is approximately 500 light-years (150 parsecs ) distant from the Earth. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +38 km/s.[ 6]
This is an evolved red giant star with a stellar classification of M0 III.[ 4] It is a suspected variable star [ 5] and is currently on the asymptotic giant branch , which means it is generating energy through the fusion of helium along a shell surrounding a small, inert core of carbon and oxygen.[ 3] The star is two billion years old with 1.64 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 61 times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 1,165 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,912 K .[ 8]
References
^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616 . A1. arXiv :1804.09365 . Bibcode :2018A&A...616A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR .
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^ a b Keenan, Philip C.; Barnbaum, Cecilia (June 1999), "Revision and Calibration of MK Luminosity Classes for Cool Giants by HIPPARCOS Parallaxes", The Astrophysical Journal , 518 (2): 859– 865, Bibcode :1999ApJ...518..859K , doi :10.1086/307311 , S2CID 121902473 .
^ a b Hamada, K.; et al. (January 1979), "On the Variability of upsilon Aurigae", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars , 1531 : 1, Bibcode :1979IBVS.1531....1H .
^ a b Famaey, B.; et al. (January 2005), "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 430 (1): 165– 186, arXiv :astro-ph/0409579 , Bibcode :2005A&A...430..165F , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20041272 , S2CID 17804304 .
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^ a b Baines, E.; et al. (2017), "Fundamental Parameters of 87 Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer", The Astronomical Journal , 155 (1): 30, arXiv :1712.08109 , Bibcode :2018AJ....155...30B , doi :10.3847/1538-3881/aa9d8b , S2CID 119427037 .
^ Takagi, Yuhei; et al. (June 2011), "Age Determinations of Early-M Type Pre-Main Sequence Stars Using a High-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Method", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan , 63 (3): 677– 684, Bibcode :2011PASJ...63..677T , doi :10.1093/pasj/63.3.677 .
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^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 389 (2): 869– 879, arXiv :0806.2878 , Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x , S2CID 14878976 .
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