8 Leonis Minoris
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
| Right ascension | 09h 31m 32.41045s[1] |
| Declination | +35° 06′ 11.7793″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.37[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | AGB[3] |
| Spectral type | M1 IIIab[4] |
| U−B color index | +1.81[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.53[2] |
| Variable type | suspected[5] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 39.83±0.18[6] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −54.488 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −97.434 mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 6.6271 ± 0.0238 mas[1] |
| Distance | 492 ± 2 ly (150.9 ± 0.5 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.43[7] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.59[8] M☉ |
| Radius | 48.5[9] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 417±17[10] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.153[11] cgs |
| Temperature | 3,978±122[12] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.25[1] dex |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
8 Leonis Minoris (8 LMi) is a solitary,[14] red hued star located in the northern constellation Leo Minor. It has an apparent magnitude 5.37,[2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements from the Gaia satellite, the object is estimated to be 492 light years distant.[1] It is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 40 km/s.[6] At its current distance, 8 LMi is diminshed by 0.12 magnitudes due to interstellar dust.[15]
This is an asymptotic giant branch star[3] with stellar classification of M1 IIIab.[4] It has 1.59 times the mass of the Sun[8] but has expanded to 48.5 times its girth.[9] It radiates 417 times the luminosity of the Sun[10] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,978 K.[12] 8 LMi has an iron abundance only half of the Sun's, making it metal deficient.[1]
8 LMi's variability was first observed to be variable in 1930 by Joel Stebbins.[16] However, Eggen (1967) instead lists it as an ordinary M-type giant and used the object for comparison.[17] In 1978-9, 8 LMi was again listed as a variable star but did not provide further insight.[18] As of 2017, the star has not been confirmed to be variable.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c d Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". VizieR Online Data Catalog. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
- ^ a b Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun". The Astronomical Journal. 104: 275. Bibcode:1992AJ....104..275E. doi:10.1086/116239. ISSN 0004-6256.
- ^ a b Yamashita, Y. (1967). "MK Spectral Types of Bright M-Type Stars". Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Victoria. 13: 44. Bibcode:1967PDAO...13...47Y. ISSN 0078-6950.
- ^ a b Samus’, N. N.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Durlevich, O. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (January 2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports. 61 (1): 80–88. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. eISSN 1562-6881. ISSN 1063-7729. S2CID 125853869.
- ^ a b Famaey, B.; Pourbaix, D.; Frankowski, A.; Van Eck, S.; Mayor, M.; Udry, S.; Jorissen, A. (18 February 2009). "Spectroscopic binaries among Hipparcos M giants". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 498 (2): 627–640. arXiv:0901.0934. Bibcode:2009A&A...498..627F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810698. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
- ^ a b Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Mignard, François; Thévenin, Frédéric (March 2019). "Stellar and substellar companions of nearby stars from Gaia DR2". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 623 (4): A72. arXiv:1901.09170. Bibcode:2019MNRAS.484.4619G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834371. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ a b Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (20 December 2021). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 657: A7. arXiv:2109.10912. Bibcode:2022A&A...657A...7K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142146. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Ghosh, Supriyo; Mondal, Soumen; Das, Ramkrishna; Khata, Dhrimadri (29 January 2019). "Spectral Calibration of K−M Giants from medium resolution near-infrared HK-band spectra". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 484 (4): 4619. arXiv:1901.09170. Bibcode:2019MNRAS.484.4619G. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz299. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ^ a b Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. eISSN 1538-3881. hdl:1721.1/124721. S2CID 166227927.
- ^ "8 Leonis Minoris". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (11 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. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ^ Gontcharov, George A.; Mosenkov, Aleksandr V. (28 September 2017). "Verifying reddening and extinction for Gaia DR1 TGAS main sequence stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472 (4): 3805–3820. arXiv:1709.01160. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.3805G. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2219. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ^ Stebbins, Joel; Huffer, Charles Morse (1930). "The constancy of the light of red stars". Publications of the Washburn Observatory. 15: 140–174. Bibcode:1930PWasO..15..140S.
- ^ Eggen, Olin J. (September 1967). "- and Broad-Band Photometry of Red Stars. Northern Giants". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 14: 307. Bibcode:1967ApJS...14..307E. doi:10.1086/190158. eISSN 1538-4365. ISSN 0067-0049.
- ^ Pyl'skaja, O. P.; Zakharova, P. E.; Polushina, T. S. (December 1978). "V-R Colours of Red Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 1513: 1. Bibcode:1978IBVS.1513....1P. ISSN 0374-0676.
