Star in the constellation of Bootes
Psi Boötis (ψ Boötis) is a single,[ 9] orange-hued star in the northern constellation of Boötes . It is a dim star that is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.55.[ 2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 13.26 mas as seen from the Earth, it is located about 246 light years from the Sun . At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.09 due to interstellar dust .[ 5] It is traversing the sky with a net proper motion of 0.176 arc seconds per year,[ 10] and has a radial velocity toward the Sun of −25.72 km/s.[ 4]
This star has a stellar classification of K2 III,[ 3] matching an evolved K-type giant star . It belongs to the so-called "red clump ",[ 11] indicating that it is generating energy through helium fusion at its core. This star is about four[ 6] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 3.5 km/s.[ 4] It has an estimated 1.38[ 6] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 20[ 4] times the Sun's radius . Psi Boötis radiating 135[ 6] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,302 K.[ 6]
Name
This star, according to Assemani, with another in the right arm that may have been ε Boo (Izar), constituted the Arabs' Al Aulād al Nadhlāt , which he rendered filii altercationis (sons of contention); but the original signifies "the Low, or Mean, Little Ones".[ 12]
Al Aulād al Nadhlāt or Aulad al Nathlat was the title of this star in the catalogue of stars in Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars .[ 7]
References
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^ a b c d Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , 4 (99): 99, Bibcode :1966CoLPL...4...99J .
^ a b Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series , 71 : 245, Bibcode :1989ApJS...71..245K , doi :10.1086/191373 .
^ a b c d e f g h Massarotti, Alessandro; et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity", The Astronomical Journal , 135 (1): 209– 231, Bibcode :2008AJ....135..209M , doi :10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209 , S2CID 121883397 .
^ a b Famaey, B.; et al. (2005), "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 430 : 165– 186, arXiv :astro-ph/0409579 , Bibcode :2005A&A...430..165F , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20041272 , S2CID 17804304 .
^ a b c d e f g h Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", The Astronomical Journal , 150 (3): 88, arXiv :1507.01466 , Bibcode :2015AJ....150...88L , doi :10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88 , S2CID 118505114 .
^ a b Rhoads, Jack W. (November 15, 1971), Technical Memorandum 33-507-A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars (PDF) , Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
^ "psi Boo" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2017-09-09 .
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 389 (2): 869– 879, arXiv :0806.2878 , Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x , S2CID 14878976 .
^ Lépine, Sébastien; Shara, Michael M. (March 2005), "A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)", The Astronomical Journal , 129 (3): 1483– 1522, arXiv :astro-ph/0412070 , Bibcode :2005AJ....129.1483L , doi :10.1086/427854 , S2CID 2603568 .
^ Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal , 539 (2): 732– 741, arXiv :astro-ph/0003329 , Bibcode :2000ApJ...539..732A , doi :10.1086/309278 , S2CID 16673121 .
^ Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. p. 106 . ISBN 0-486-21079-0 . Retrieved 2010-12-12 .
References
Hoffleit; et al. (1991), "HR 5616" , Bright Star Catalogue (5th Revised ed.), retrieved 2017-09-11 .
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