V471 Tauri (short V471 Tau) is an eclipsing variable star in the constellation of Taurus. The star has a visual magnitude of 9 which makes it impossible to see with the naked eye. It is around 155 light-years away from the Solar System.
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Right ascension | 03h 50m 24.9667s[2] |
| Declination | 17° 14′ 47.431″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 9.40 - 9.71[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | K2V + D2[4] |
| Variable type | Algol + RS CVn[3] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 37.4±0.5[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 127.278[2] mas/yr Dec.: −22.321[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 21.0129 ± 0.0158 mas[2] |
| Distance | 155.2 ± 0.1 ly (47.59 ± 0.04 pc) |
| Orbit[6] | |
| Period (P) | 0.52118 days |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 0.01496 AU |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0 (assumed) |
| Inclination (i) | 80.8° |
| Details | |
| White dwarf | |
| Mass | 0.792[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 0.01134[6] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.145[7] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 8.227[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 34,500[7] K |
| K star | |
| Mass | 0.852[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 0.816[6] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.41[8] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.49[9] cgs |
| Temperature | 5,066[9] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.12[8] dex |
| Rotation | 0.5211 days[8] |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 89.30[9] km/s |
| Age | 625[9] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Physical properties
editThe V471 Tauri system has at least two members: a white dwarf star of spectral type D2; and a K-type main sequence star (K2 V). There are variations in the timing of the eclipses that were once thought to be due to a third member of the system, proposed to be a brown dwarf, but it may be a pair of smaller brown dwarfs[7] and/or the eclipse variations may be caused by the Applegate mechanism. The system is located in the Hyades star cluster.[6]
References
edit- ^ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars". Astronomy Reports. 5.1. 61 (1): 80–88. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. S2CID 125853869.
- ^ Hussain, G. A. J.; Allende Prieto, C.; Saar, S. H.; Still, M. (2006). "Spot patterns and differential rotation in the eclipsing pre-cataclysmic variable binary, V471 Tau". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 367 (4): 1699–1708. arXiv:astro-ph/0602562. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.367.1699H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10073.x. S2CID 15303415.
- ^ Karataș, Yüksel; Bilir, Selçuk; Eker, Zeki; Demircan, Osman; Liebert, James; Hawley, Suzanne L.; Fraser, Oliver J.; Covey, Kevin R.; Lowrance, Patrick; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Burgasser, Adam J. (2004). "Kinematics of chromospherically active binaries and evidence of an orbital period decrease in binary evolution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 349 (3): 1069–1092. arXiv:astro-ph/0404219. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.349.1069K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07588.x. S2CID 15290475.
- ^ a b c d e f g Muirhead, Philip S.; Nordhaus, Jason; Drout, Maria R. (2022). "Revised Stellar Parameters for V471 Tau, A Post-common Envelope Binary in the Hyades". The Astronomical Journal. 163 (1): 34. arXiv:2111.06905. Bibcode:2022AJ....163...34M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac390f. S2CID 244116994.
- ^ a b c Vaccaro, T. R.; Wilson, R. E.; Van Hamme, W.; Terrell, Dirk (2015). "The V471 Tauri System: A Multi-data-type Probe". The Astrophysical Journal. 810 (2): 157. arXiv:1506.05067. Bibcode:2015ApJ...810..157V. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/810/2/157. S2CID 119256081.
- ^ a b c Kővári, Zs; Kriskovics, L.; Oláh, K.; Odert, P.; Leitzinger, M.; Seli, B.; Vida, K.; Borkovits, T.; Carroll, T. (2021). "A confined dynamo: Magnetic activity of the K-dwarf component in the pre-cataclysmic binary system V471 Tauri". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 650: A158. arXiv:2103.02041. Bibcode:2021A&A...650A.158K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202140707. S2CID 232105205.
- ^ a b c d Zaire, B.; Donati, J. -F.; Klein, B. (2021). "Magnetic field and activity phenomena of the K2 dwarf V471 Tau". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504 (2): 1969. arXiv:2104.02619. Bibcode:2021MNRAS.504.1969Z. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1019.