Young binary star system in the constellation of Taurus
GV Tauri
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Taurus
GV Tauri A
Right ascension
04h 29m 23.71056s [ 2]
Declination
+24° 32′ 58.6176″[ 2]
GV Tauri B
Right ascension
04h 29m 23.6868s [ 3]
Declination
+24° 33′ 01.1160″[ 3]
Characteristics
GV Tauri A
Evolutionary stage
pre-main-sequence star
Spectral type
K3[ 4]
Apparent magnitude (K)
10.872[ 2]
Apparent magnitude (g)
16.282[ 5]
Variable type
T Tau
GV Tauri B
Spectral type
late G to early K[ 4]
Apparent magnitude (K)
10.171[ 3]
Astrometry GV Tauri A Proper motion (μ) RA: 8.0± 0.4 mas /yr [ 5] Dec.: −26.7± 0.3 mas /yr [ 5] Parallax (π)7.01 ± 0.34 mas [ 5] Distance 470 ± 20 ly (143 ± 7 pc ) GV Tauri B
Position (relative to GV Tauri A)
Component GV Tauri B Angular distance 1.2″ [ 6] Projected separation 170 AU
Details[ 4] GV Tauri A Mass 1.8 M ☉ Luminosity 2.3 L ☉ Surface gravity (log g )4.0 cgs Temperature 4800± 200 K Age 0.5[ 6] Myr GV Tauri B Luminosity 114 L ☉ Age 0.5[ 6] Myr
Other designations 2MASS J04292373+2433002, Haro 6-10, TIC 268217520, Elia 3-7, LEI 4, HBC 389
GV Tauri A : Gaia EDR3 149367383323435648, GV Tau S, EPIC 247820507, Haro 6-10 VLA 1, LEI 4AGV Tauri B : GV Tau N, Haro 6-10 VLA 2, LEI 4B
Database references SIMBAD data
GK Tauri is a young binary system composed of T Tauri-type pre-main sequence stars in the constellation of Taurus about 466 light years away, belonging to the Taurus Molecular Cloud .
System
The stars GV Tauri A (GV Tauri S) and G Tauri B (GV Tauri N) form a wide binary system, with the projected separation between components being 170 AU . Both are strongly shrouded by circumstellar dust - GV Tauri A by 30 magnitudes and the GV Tauri B up to 59 magnitudes in the V band.[ 4] Both components are suspected to be binaries themselves,[ 7] as they produce strongly ionized jets and molecular outflows.[ 8]
Properties
Both members of the binary system are medium-mass objects still contracting towards the main sequence and accreting mass, although accretion rates remain highly uncertain as of 2009.[ 4]
Protoplanetary system
Both stars are surrounded by protoplanetary disks , with the observable dust in each being about 5× 10−5 M ☉ , and the gas about 0.005 M ☉ .[ 6] The disk of GV Tauri B is rich in carbon monoxide , hydrogen cyanide and, unusually, methane .[ 8]
References
^ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes" . Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2021 .
^ a b c "V* GV Tau A" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-08-03 .
^ a b c "V* GV Tau B" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-08-03 .
^ a b c d e Prato, L.; Lockhart, K. E.; Johns-Krull, Christopher M.; Rayner, John T. (2009). "Stellar and Circumstellar Properties of Class I Protostars". The Astronomical Journal . 137 (4): 3931– 3941. arXiv :0902.1289 . Bibcode :2009AJ....137.3931P . doi :10.1088/0004-6256/137/4/3931 . S2CID 12428060 .
^ a b c Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 649 : A1. arXiv :2012.01533 . Bibcode :2021A&A...649A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202039657 . S2CID 227254300 . (Erratum: doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e ) . Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR .
^ a b c d e f g Sheehan, Patrick D.; Eisner, Josh A. (2014). "CONSTRAINING THE DISK MASSES OF THE CLASS I BINARY PROTOSTAR GV Tau". The Astrophysical Journal . 791 (1): 19. arXiv :1405.7959 . Bibcode :2014ApJ...791...19S . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/791/1/19 . S2CID 118437418 .
^ Wilking, Bruce A.; Marvel, Kevin B.; Claussen, Mark J.; Gerling, Bradley M.; Wootten, Alwyn; Gibb, Erika (2012). "A Proper Motion Study of the Haro 6-10 Outflow: Evidence for a Subarcsecond Binary". The Astrophysical Journal . 753 (2): 143. arXiv :1205.5760 . Bibcode :2012ApJ...753..143W . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/143 . S2CID 18213612 .
^ a b c Fuente, A.; Treviño-Morales, S. P.; Le Gal, R.; Rivière-Marichalar, P.; Pilleri, P.; Rodríguez-Baras, M.; Navarro-Almaida, D. (2020). "Gas kinematics of key prebiotic molecules in GV Tau N revealed with an ALMA, PdBI, and Herschel synergy" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 496 (4): 5330– 5340. arXiv :2006.15065 . doi :10.1093/mnras/staa1919 .