Star in the constellation Tucana
Eta Tucanae , Latinized from η Tucanae, is a probable binary star [ 6] system in the southern constellation of Tucana , a few degrees to the north of Epsilon Tucanae . It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.00.[ 2] parallax measurements provide a distance estimate of about 154 light years from the Sun, and it is drifting further away with a mean radial velocity of +32.5 km/s.[ 4] It is a member of the 30 million year old Tucana-Horologium association of co-moving stars.[ 6] [ 2]
The radial velocity for Eta Tucanae displays strong oscillations, suggesting this is a spectroscopic binary system. A companion was directly detected in 2014, but this result has some unexplained anomalies.[ 6] The primary component is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A1V.[ 2] It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 190 km/s,[ 6] giving it an equatorial bulge that is 15% larger than the polar radius.[ 11] The star has 1.9[ 6] times the mass of the Sun and 1.8[ 7] times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 23[ 8] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,057 K.[ 8]
References
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^ a b c d Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 537 : A120. arXiv :1201.2052 . Bibcode :2012A&A...537A.120Z . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201117691 . S2CID 55586789 . Vizier catalog entry
^ 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 . Vizier catalog entry
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^ van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012). "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars". The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review . 20 (1): 51. arXiv :1204.2572 . Bibcode :2012A&ARv..20...51V . doi :10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2 . S2CID 119273474 .