16 Persei

16 Persei
Location of 16 Persei (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 02h 50m 35.05979s[1]
Declination 38° 19′ 07.1080″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.22[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2III[3]
U−B color index +0.08[4]
B−V color index +0.34[4]
Variable type δ Sct(?)[5][6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+14.00[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +195.77[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −109.98[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)27.01 ± 0.19 mas[1]
Distance120.8 ± 0.8 ly
(37.0 ± 0.3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.38[2]
Details
Mass1.80[8] M☉
Radius3.2[9] R☉
Luminosity23.36[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.72[10] cgs
Temperature7,004[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.04[2] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)149[3] km/s
Age1.44[8] Gyr
Other designations
16 Per, NSV 956, BD+37°646, FK5 2194, GC 3401, HD 17584, HIP 13254, HR 840, SAO 55928, CCDM J02506+3818A, LTT 10924[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

16 Persei is a single,[12] suspected variable star[6] in the northern constellation of Perseus, located approximately 121 light years away based on parallax.[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a yellow-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.22.[2] This object is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +14 km/s.[7] It displays a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.224″ per year.[13]

A light curve for 16 Persei, plotted from TESS data[14]

Based upon a stellar classification of F2 III,[3] this matches an aging giant star that has exhausted the hydrogen at its core and is evolving away from the main sequence. It is a possible pulsating Delta Scuti variable, although there is some uncertainty about this classification.[6] However, Kunzli and North (1998) found no variation.[15] The star is 1.44[8] billion years old with 1.8[8] times the mass of the Sun and 3.2[9] times the Sun's radius. It shows a high rotation rate with a projected rotational velocity of 149 km/s,[3] which is causing an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 24% larger than the polar radius.[16] 16 Persei is radiating 23[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,004 K.[10]

It has two reported visual companions: B, with magnitude 12.8 and separation 76.7", and C, with magnitude 10.43 and separation 234".[17]

References

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  10. ^ a b c David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 804 (2): 146. arXiv:1501.03154. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. S2CID 33401607. Vizier catalog entry
  11. ^ "16 Per". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Lépine, Sébastien; Shara, Michael M. (March 2005), "A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)", The Astronomical Journal, 129 (3): 1483–1522, arXiv:astro-ph/0412070, Bibcode:2005AJ....129.1483L, doi:10.1086/427854, S2CID 2603568.
  14. ^ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  15. ^ Kunzli, M.; North, P. (January 1998). "Are metallic A-F giants evolved AM stars? Rotation and rate of binaries among giant F stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 127 (2): 277–294. arXiv:astro-ph/9710226. Bibcode:1998A&AS..127..277K. doi:10.1051/aas:1998350. S2CID 7535170.
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  17. ^ 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. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vizier catalog entry