Psi2 Draconis is a solitary[9] giant star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco, also designated 34 Draconis. It lies just over a degree east of the brighter Psi1 Draconis.[10] Psi2 Draconis has a yellow-white hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.45.[2] It is located at a distance of 940 light-years (287 parsecs) from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −2 km/s.[5]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension | 17h 55m 11.15296s[1] |
| Declination | +72° 00′ 18.4470″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.45[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F2 III+[3] or F3 II-III[4] |
| U−B color index | +0.15[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.30[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −2.0[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +8.545[1] mas/yr Dec.: −2.133[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.4888 ± 0.0832 mas[1] |
| Distance | 930 ± 20 ly (287 ± 7 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.12±0.14[6] |
| Details[5] | |
| Mass | 2.02 M☉ |
| Radius | 14.70+0.64 −0.34[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 448±13[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.32 cgs |
| Temperature | 6925+83 −152[1] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −1.29 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 50[7] km/s |
| Age | 800 Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
According to R. O. Gray and associates (2001), the stellar classification of Psi2 Draconis is F2III+;[3] a star that has used up its core hydrogen, cooled, and expanded away from the main sequence. A. P. Cowley and W. P. Bidelman (1979) found a similar class of F3 II-III, with the comment that the spectrum showed "many weak lines".[4] Based on the abundance of iron, the metallicity of this star is much lower than in the Sun. It is about 800[5] million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 50 km/s.[7] The star has double[5] the mass of the Sun but has expanded to 15[1] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 448[1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,925 K.[1]
References edit
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- ^ a b c d Oja, T. (April 1983), "UBV photometry of FK4 and FK4 supplement stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 52: 1311–34, Bibcode:1983A&AS...52..131O.
- ^ a b Gray, R. O.; et al. (April 2001), "The Physical Basis of Luminosity Classification in the Late A-, F-, and Early G-Type Stars. I. Precise Spectral Types for 372 Stars", The Astronomical Journal, 121 (4): 2148–2158, Bibcode:2001AJ....121.2148G, doi:10.1086/319956.
- ^ a b Cowley, A. P.; Bidelman, W. P. (February 1979), "MK spectral types for some F and G stars", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 91: 83–86, Bibcode:1979PASP...91...83C, doi:10.1086/130446.
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- ^ Holmberg, J.; et al. (July 2009), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 501 (3): 941–947, arXiv:0811.3982, Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191, S2CID 118577511.
- ^ a b Danziger, I. J.; Faber, S. M. (May 1972), "Rotation of evolving A and F stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18: 428, Bibcode:1972A&A....18..428D.
- ^ "psi02 Dra -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sinnott, Roger W.; Perryman, Michael A. C. (1997), Millennium Star Atlas, vol. 3, Sky Publishing Corporation and the European Space Agency, p. 1054, ISBN 0-933346-84-0.