Sigma Draconis

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σ Draconis
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Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Draco
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.674[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence[1]
Spectral type K0 V[3]
U−B Template:Engvar +0.386[2]
B−V Template:Engvar +0.791[2]
Variable type None[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 597.384 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: −1738.286 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)173.4939±0.0748 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.89[5]
Details[6]
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TemperatureScript error: No such module "val".[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]Script error: No such module "val".[8] dex
RotationScript error: No such module "val". days[9]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.4[10] km/s
AgeScript error: No such module "val". Gyr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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Sigma Draconis is a single star in the northern constellation of Draco. It has the proper name Alsafi Template:IPAc-en,[12] while Sigma Draconis, which is latinised from σ Draconis and abbreviated Sig Dra or σ Dra, is the Bayer designation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.7,[2] which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements, this star is located at a distance of 18.8 light years from the Sun. It is receding from the Sun with a radial velocity of 26.6 km/s.[13]

Name

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Photograph of Sigma Draconis (field of view about 0.5°)

σ Draconis (Latinised to Sigma Draconis) is the star's Bayer designation, established in 1603 as part of the Uranometria, a star catalogue produced by German celestial cartographer Johann Bayer.

It bore the traditional name Alsafi, derived from the Arabic Athāfi, itself erroneously transcribed from the Arabic plural Athāfiyy, by which the nomads designated the tripods of their open-air kitchens. It was the name of an association of this star, Tau Draconis and Upsilon Draconis.[14] According to a 1971 NASA memorandum, Athāfi or Alsafi were the title for three stars: Sigma Draconis as Alsafi, Tau Draconis as Athāfi I and Upsilon Draconis as Athāfi II.[15] In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[16] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Alsafi for Sigma Draconis on 30 June 2017 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[12]

In Chinese, Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".), meaning Celestial Kitchen, refers to an asterism consisting of Sigma Draconis, Delta Draconis, Epsilon Draconis, Rho Draconis, 64 Draconis and Pi Draconis.[17] Consequently, the Chinese name for Sigma Draconis itself is Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Langx.)[18]

Properties

Sigma Draconis is a main sequence dwarf which has long served as a K0 V spectral standard star.[19][20][3] Its classification as K0 V defines one of the anchor points of the Morgan–Keenan system that have remained unchanged since the original 1943 MKK Atlas.[21] However, some modern spectroscopy gives it as classification of G9 V.[22][23]

The radius of Sigma Draconis has been directly measured using interferometry with the CHARA array, which yields a result of 77.6% of the Sun's radius.[7] It has 84% of the Sun's mass, but the luminosity of this star is only 42% that of the Sun.[6] The projected rotation rate (v sin i) is relatively low at 1.4 km/s.[10] It is considered a slightly metal-poor star, meaning that it has a lower proportion of elements with masses greater than helium when compared to the Sun.[24]

The temperature, luminosity and surface activity appear to vary slightly in a manner very similar to the sunspot cycle,[25] with a changing duration of 5 to 7 years.[26] The total variability is among the lowest of all stars that have been measured by the Hipparcos spacecraft.[24]

Sigma Draconis has a high proper motion, advancing across the celestial sphere at a rate of 1.835 arc seconds per year.[27] The star made its perihelion passage about 46,300 years ago, when it came within Script error: No such module "convert"..[13] The components of Sigma Draconis's space velocity are U=+36, V=+40, and W=−10 km/s. This gives the star an unusually large orbital eccentricity about the Milky Way galaxy of 0.30 (compared to 0.06 for the Sun.) The mean galactocentric distance for the orbit is 10.3 kiloparsecs (about 34,000 light-years).[24]

As of 2013, no Jupiter-size or larger companion had been detected about the star and there was no indication of excess infrared radiation that would be evidence of circumstellar matter (such as a debris disk).[10][28]

Search for planets

Between 2004 and 2013, extensive radial velocity measurements were gathered on Sigma Draconis using the High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer on the Keck Observatory. The Keck/HIRES data indicated a possible period of about 300 days and a likely alias period of 2,800 days. Adding data taken with the Automated Planet Finder at the Lick Observatory strengthened and narrowed the 300-day period while reducing the significance of the 2,800-day period. The combined analysis suggests there may be a Uranus-mass planet on a 308-day orbit, though the authors do not yet consider the discovery to be publishable as they have not yet attempted to rule out other non-planetary explanations for the velocity variations.[29]

A 2017 study also using Keck/HIRES data did not find evidence of a planet; while a signal with a 2,600-day period was found, it was attributed to the star's magnetic activity cycle.[30] A 2025 study detected variations with a period of 409.7 days, which is tentatively attributed by its activity cycle.[31]

See also

References

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