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Chi Boötis

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χ Boötis
Location of χ Boötis (circled in red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Boötes[1]
Right ascension 15h 14m 29.159s[2]
Declination +29° 09 51.47[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.28[1]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[3]
Spectral type A2 V[4]
U−B color index +0.08[5]
B−V color index +0.02[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−16.0±0.8[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −69.512 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: +28.662 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)13.3668±0.0584 mas[2]
Distance244 ± 1 ly
(74.8 ± 0.3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.84[1]
Details
Mass2.09[7] M
Radius2.24[8] R
Luminosity36.8[9] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.96±0.14[7] cgs
Temperature9,268±315[7] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)84[7] km/s
Age340[7] Myr
Other designations
χ Boo, 48 Boötis, BD+29°2640, FK5 3204, GC 20495, HD 135502, HIP 74596, HR 5676, SAO 83729[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Chi Boötis is a single,[11] white-hued star in the northern constellation Boötes, near the eastern constellation border with Corona Borealis. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinised from χ Boötis, and abbreviated Cho Boo or χ Boo. This star is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.3.[1] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 13.4 mas as seen from the Earth, it is located approximately 244 light-years (75 pc) from Earth. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −16 km/s.[6]

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2 V,[4] which indicates it is generating energy via hydrogen fusion at its core. It is about 340[7] million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 84[7] km/s. The star has double the mass of the Sun,[7] 2.24 times the Sun's radius,[8] and is emitting 37[9] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 9,268 K.[7] It displays an infrared excess at an emission temperature of 65 K, indicating there is a circumstellar disk of dust orbiting the star at a distance of around 123 AU.[8]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 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. XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023), "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 674: A1, arXiv:2208.00211, Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940, S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 537: A120. arXiv:1201.2052. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691.
  4. 1 2 Cowley, A.; et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal, 74: 375–406, Bibcode:1969AJ.....74..375C, doi:10.1086/110819.
  5. 1 2 Osawa, Kiyoteru (1959), "Spectral Classification of 533 B8-A2 Stars and the Mean Absolute Magnitude of A0 V Stars", Astrophysical Journal, 130: 159, Bibcode:1959ApJ...130..159O, doi:10.1086/146706.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.
  8. 1 2 3 Rhee, Joseph H.; et al. (May 2007), "Characterization of Dusty Debris Disks: The IRAS and Hipparcos Catalogs", The Astrophysical Journal, 660 (2): 1556–1571, arXiv:astro-ph/0609555, Bibcode:2007ApJ...660.1556R, doi:10.1086/509912, S2CID 11879505.
  9. 1 2 McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.
  10. "chi Boo". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-09-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. Rodriguez, David R.; Zuckerman, B. (February 2012), "Binaries among Debris Disk Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 745 (2): 147, arXiv:1111.5618, Bibcode:2012ApJ...745..147R, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/745/2/147, S2CID 73681879.
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  • "chi Boo", Aladin previewer, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-09-11.

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