Nu Ophiuchi
Template:Location mark Location of ν Ophiuchi (circled) | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ophiuchus |
| Right ascension | Template:RA[1] |
| Declination | Template:DEC[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +3.332[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K0 IIIa CN –1[3] |
| U−B Template:Engvar | +0.873[2] |
| B−V Template:Engvar | +0.999[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | Script error: No such module "val".[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: Script error: No such module "val". mas/yr[1] Dec.: Script error: No such module "val". mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 21.64±0.26 mas[1] |
| Distance | Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | –0.19[5] |
| Details[4] | |
| Mass | Script error: No such module "val". Template:Solar mass |
| Radius | Script error: No such module "val".[6] Template:Solar radius |
| Luminosity | Script error: No such module "val".[6] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Surface gravity (log g) | Script error: No such module "val". cgs |
| Temperature | Script error: No such module "val".[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | Script error: No such module "val". dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.1[7] km/s |
| Age | Script error: No such module "val". Myr |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | {{{metal_fe2}}} dex |
| Other designations | |
| Sinistra, 64 Ophiuchi, BD−09 4632, FK5 673, HD 163917, HIP 88048, HR 6698, SAO 142004, 2MASS J17590160-0946249[8] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
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Nu Ophiuchi (ν Oph, ν Ophiuchi) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. The apparent visual magnitude is +3.3,[2] making it one of the brighter members of this constellation. Based upon parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos satellite, this star is located at a distance of about Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
Properties
Nu Ophiuchi has about three times the mass of the Sun and is roughly 450 million years old. [4] The spectrum of the star matches a stellar classification of K0 IIIa,[3] indicating it is a giant star that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence of stars. Unusually, it displays an anomalously low abundance of cyanogen for a star of its type.[3] The star's outer envelope has expanded to around 14 times the Sun's radius and now radiates with a luminosity 108 times that of the Sun. This energy is emitted from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of 5,000 K,[6] giving it the cool, orange hue of a K-type star.[9]
Companions
This is not a binary star system in the sense of having a gravitationally-bound stellar companion.[10] However, in November 2003, a brown dwarf companion called Nu Ophiuchi b was discovered. This sub-stellar companion has at least 21.9 times the mass of Jupiter and takes 536 days (1.47 years) to complete an orbit.[11] A second brown dwarf companion was discovered in 2010, orbiting further from the star with a period of 3,169 days (8.68 years). These were confirmed in 2012.[12] The two brown dwarfs are locked in a 1:6 orbital resonance.[13]
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This star is following an orbit through the galaxy that carries it between Script error: No such module "convert". from the Galactic Center. As a probable member of the Milky Way's thin disk population, it has a low orbital inclination that carries it no more than about Script error: No such module "convert". above the galactic plane.[14]
Naming
This star is sometimes called by the name Sinistra, meaning left side in Latin,[15] although authors like Jim Kaler recommend not using this name, and instead stick to the Bayer designation only (Nu Ophiuchi).[16]
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See also
References
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