Star in the constellation Caelum
HD 29559 is a solitary star in the southern constellation Caelum . It has an apparent magnitude of 6.40,[ 2] placing it near the max naked eye visibility. The star is situated at a distance 408 light years [ 1] based on parallax measurements but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 24.2 km/s .[ 5]
HD 29559 has a stellar classification of A5 IV-V[ 4] — a luminosity class intermediate between a main sequence star and subgiant . It has alternatively been classified as A3 Vs:,[ 12] indicating that it is an A-type main-sequence star with sharp (narrow) absorption lines due to slow rotation. However, there is uncertainty behind the class.
It has 2.19 times the mass of the Sun [ 3] and a slightly enlarged diameter of 3.17 R ☉ .[ 7] It radiates at 35 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,852 K ,[ 3] which gives it a white hue. Contrary to the second classification, HD 29559 spins rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 176 km/s [ 9] and has a solar metallicity .[ 8] It is estimated to be 719 million years old,[ 8] having completed 85.9% of its main sequence lifetime.[ 3]
References
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^ a b Gray, R. O.; Garrison, R. F. (July 1989). "The late A-type stars - Refined MK classification, confrontation with Stromgren photometry, and the effects of rotation" . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 70 : 623. Bibcode :1989ApJS...70..623G . doi :10.1086/191349 . eISSN 1538-4365 . ISSN 0067-0049 .
^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35,495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters . 32 (11): 759– 771. arXiv :1606.08053 . Bibcode :2006AstL...32..759G . doi :10.1134/S1063773706110065 . ISSN 1063-7737 . S2CID 119231169 .
^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters . 38 (5): 331– 346. arXiv :1108.4971 . Bibcode :2012AstL...38..331A . doi :10.1134/S1063773712050015 . ISSN 1063-7737 . S2CID 119257644 .
^ a b c Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List" . The Astronomical Journal . 158 (4): 138. arXiv :1905.10694 . Bibcode :2019AJ....158..138S . doi :10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467 . ISSN 0004-6256 .
^ a b c d Gontcharov, G. A. (December 2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters . 38 (12): 771– 782. arXiv :1606.08814 . Bibcode :2012AstL...38..771G . doi :10.1134/S1063773712120031 . ISSN 0320-0108 . S2CID 118345778 .
^ a b Royer, F.; Gerbaldi, M.; Faraggiana, R.; Gómez, A. E. (January 2002). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 381 (1): 105– 121. arXiv :astro-ph/0110490 . Bibcode :2002A&A...381..105R . doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20011422 . eISSN 1432-0746 . ISSN 0004-6361 .
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