Beta Hydrae
Template:Location mark Location of β Hydrae (circled) | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hydra[1] |
| Right ascension | Template:RA[2] |
| Declination | Template:DEC[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.29 (combined)[1] (4.67 + 5.47)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B9IIIp Si[4] + ? kB8hB8HeA0VSi[5] |
| U−B Template:Engvar | −0.34[1] |
| B−V Template:Engvar | Script error: No such module "val".[1] |
| R−I Template:Engvar | −0.08[6] |
| Variable type | α2 CVn[7] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −Script error: No such module "val".[1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −56.56[2] mas/yr Dec.: +0.19[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 10.53±0.60 mas[2] |
| Distance | Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.59[1] |
| Details | |
| A | |
| Mass | Script error: No such module "val".[8] Template:Solar mass |
| Radius | Script error: No such module "val".[9] Template:Solar radius |
| Luminosity | Script error: No such module "val".[10] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Surface gravity (log g) | Script error: No such module "val".[9] cgs |
| Temperature | Script error: No such module "val".[9] K |
| Rotation | Script error: No such module "val".[11] |
| Age | Script error: No such module "val".[10] Myr |
| B | |
| Mass | ~3[12] Template:Solar mass |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | {{{metal_fe2}}} dex |
| Other designations | |
| Template:Odlist[13] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| A | |
| B | |
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Beta Hydrae, Latinized from β Hydrae, is a double star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra.[13] Historically, Beta Hydrae was designated 28 Crateris, but the latter fell out of use when the IAU defined the permanent constellation boundaries in 1930.[15] The system is faintly visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude that ranges around 4.29.[1] It is located at a distance of approximately 310 light years from the Sun based on parallax.
The double nature of this system was first reported by English astronomer John Herschel in 1834.[16] The brighter primary, designated component A, has an average visual magnitude of 4.67, while the secondary, component B, is of magnitude 5.47. As of 2002, the secondary is located at an angular separation of Script error: No such module "val". from the primary, along a position angle of 28.5°.[3]
The brighter component is an α2 Canum Venaticorum variable that changes in brightness with a period of 2.344 days and an amplitude of 0.04 in visual magnitude.[7] It is a magnetic chemically-peculiar star[17] with an average quadratic field strength of Script error: No such module "val"..[11] The star is around 178 million years old[10] with 3.4[8] times the mass of the Sun and 3.9[9] times the Sun's radius. On average, it is radiating 257[10] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,980 K.[9]
In 1972, M. R. Molnar found a stellar classification of B9IIIp Si for β Hydrae A, showing an abundance anomaly for silicon.[4] R. F. Garrison and R. O. Gray assigned it a class of kB8hB8HeA0VSi in 1994.[5] This notation indicates the Calcium K line matches a star of class B8, the hydrogen lines also match a B8 spectrum, while the helium lines match an A-type main-sequence star of class A0V.[18] They noted that the hydrogen lines have "curious rounded profiles".[5] Later studies list abundance anomalies of silicon, chromium, and strontium.[19]
Cultural significance
The Kalapalo people of Mato Grosso state in Brazil called this star and ψ Hya Kafanifani.[20]
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