Delta Sextantis (δ Sex, δ Sextantis) is a solitary[11] star in the equatorial constellation of Sextans. With an annual parallax shift of 10.13 mas,[1] it lies at a distance of around 322 light years from the Sun. This star is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +5.25.[2] According to the Bortle scale, that means it can be viewed from dark suburban skies.
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Right ascension | 10h 29m 28.70222s[1] |
| Declination | −02° 44′ 20.6862″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.25[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B9.5 V[3] |
| U−B color index | −0.12[2] |
| B−V color index | −0.04[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 18.07±0.96[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −48.86[1] mas/yr Dec.: −13.43[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 10.13 ± 0.23 mas[1] |
| Distance | 322 ± 7 ly (99 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.22[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.58[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.3[7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 82[8] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.99±0.14[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 10,899±371[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.51[3] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 152[9] km/s |
| Age | 146[6] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
This is a B-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of B9.5 V;[3] just shy of being a cooler A-type star. It is estimated to have 2.6[6] times the Sun's mass and 2.3[7] times the radius of the Sun. It is 146[6] million years old, with a projected rotational velocity of 152[9] km/s. The star radiates 82[8] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 10,899 K.[6]
References
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- ^ Becker, Juliette C.; et al. (April 2015), "Extracting Radial Velocities of A- and B-type Stars from Echelle Spectrograph Calibration Spectra", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 217 (2): 13, arXiv:1503.03874, Bibcode:2015ApJS..217...29B, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/217/2/29, S2CID 33968873, 29.
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- ^ a b c d e f g 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) - Third edition - Comments and statistics", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (2): 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv:astro-ph/0610785, Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224, S2CID 18475298.
- ^ "del Sex". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Eggleton, P. P.; et al. (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.