30 Monocerotis is a single[9] star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra,[8] located 122 light years away from the Sun.[1] It has the Bayer designation C Hydrae;[8] 30 Monocerotis is the Flamsteed designation and was assigned when it belonged to the constellation Monoceros. The object is visible to the naked eye as a white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.90.[2] It is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +10 km/s.[5]
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Right ascension | 08h 25m 39.63201s[1] |
| Declination | −03° 54′ 23.1178″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 3.90[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A0 Va[3] |
| B−V color index | −0.012±0.003[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +10.00±1.78[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −66.43[1] mas/yr Dec.: −23.41[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 26.66 ± 0.19 mas[1] |
| Distance | 122.3 ± 0.9 ly (37.5 ± 0.3 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.04[4] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.36[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.7[7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 40.05[4] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.20[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 10,281±350[6] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 129[6] km/s |
| Age | 162[6] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 Va.[3] It is around 162[6] million years old with a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 129 km/s.[6] The star has 2.36[6] times the mass of the Sun and about 2.7[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 40[4] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,281 K.[6]
A statistically significant infrared excess has been detected, indicating a debris disk is orbiting 2.0±0.1 AU from the host star with a blackbody temperature of 499±3 K. It is comparable in size to the asteroid belt.[10] An unexplained X-ray emission has also been detected coming from these coordinates – stars of this class are not normally expected to show X-ray emission, so it may be coming from a background source or an unseen companion.[11]
References
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- ^ a b Baines, Ellyn K.; et al. (2018), "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.
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- ^ a b c d Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
- ^ a b de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
- ^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (2) (Third ed.): 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754.
- ^ a b c "30 Mon". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Moerchen, Margaret M.; et al. (November 2010), "High Spatial Resolution Imaging of Thermal Emission from Debris Disks", The Astrophysical Journal, 723 (2): 1418–1435, arXiv:1011.1410, Bibcode:2010ApJ...723.1418M, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/723/2/1418, S2CID 118648798.
- ^ Schröder, C.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M. (November 2007), "X-ray emission from A-type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 475 (2): 677–684, Bibcode:2007A&A...475..677S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077429.