Star in the constellation Auriga
49 Aurigae is a single[ 8] star located 680[ 1] light years away from the Sun in the northern constellation of Auriga .[ 7] It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.26.[ 2] The star is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +17 km/s, having come to within 149 ly some 5.5 million years ago.[ 2] It is positioned near the ecliptic and thus is subject to lunar occultations .[ 9] [ 10]
This object is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 Vnn,[ 3] where the 'n' notation indicates "nebulous" lines due to rapid rotation. It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 149 km/s.[ 6] This star has around 2.3[ 4] times the radius of the Sun and is radiating over three[ 2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,794 K.[ 5]
References
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^ a b 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 .
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^ 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– 357, arXiv :1208.2037 , Bibcode :2012MNRAS.427..343M , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x , S2CID 118665352 .
^ a b Dworetsky, Michael M. (November 1974), "Rotational Velocities of a0 Stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement , 28 : 101, Bibcode :1974ApJS...28..101D , doi :10.1086/190312 .
^ a b "49 Aur" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2019-05-24 .
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^ Meyer, C.; et al. (1995), "Observations of lunar occultations at Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement , 110 : 107, Bibcode :1995A&AS..110..107M .
^ Schmidtke, P. C.; Africano, J. L. (2011), "KPNO Lunar Occultation Summary. III", The Astronomical Journal , 141 (1): 10, Bibcode :2011AJ....141...10S , doi :10.1088/0004-6256/141/1/10 .