Upsilon Ursae Majoris
Binary star in the constellation Ursa Major
Upsilon Ursae Majoris , Latinized from υ Ursae Majoris , is a binary star [ 12] in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major . It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.79.[ 4] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 13.24 mas ,[ 1] it is located roughly 246 light-years from the Sun .
A light curve for Upsilon Ursae Majoris, plotted from TESS data[ 13]
The primary member of the system, component A, is an F-type subgiant star. It is a Delta Scuti variable [ 8] with a period of 0.1327 day and an amplitude of 0.050 magnitude.[ 14] With an estimated age of 1.168[ 7] billion years, it is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 124.2 km/s[ 10] and a rotation period of 1.2 days.[ 8] The star has about 1.57[ 7] times the mass of the Sun and 2.79[ 8] times the Sun's radius . (De Rosa and colleagues give a mass estimate of 2.2[ 3] times the Sun's mass.) It is radiating around 29.5[ 9] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 7,211 K.[ 7]
The companion, component B, is a magnitude +11.0 star.[ 12] As of 2008, it has an angular separation of 11.78 arcseconds along a position angle of 295.4°. This corresponds to a projected separation of 419.8 AU .[ 3] It has a mass around 40% that of the Sun.[ 3]
Naming
With τ , h , φ , θ , e and f , it composed the Arabic asterism Sarīr Banāt al-Na'sh , the Throne of the daughters of Na'sh , and Al-H aud , the Pond.[ 15] According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars , Al-H aud were the title for seven stars : f as Alhaud I , τ as Alhaud II , e as Alhaud III , h as Alhaud IV , θ as Alhaud V , this star (υ) as Alhaud VI and φ as Alhaud VII .[ 16]
In Chinese , 文昌 (Wén Chāng ), meaning Administrative Center , refers to an asterism consisting of υ Ursae Majoris, φ Ursae Majoris , θ Ursae Majoris , 15 Ursae Majoris and 18 Ursae Majoris . Consequently, the Chinese name for υ Ursae Majoris itself is 文昌一 (Wén Chāng yī , English: the first Star of Administrative Center .).[ 17]
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