Theta Columbae
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Columba |
| Right ascension | Template:RA[1] |
| Declination | Template:DEC[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.02[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B8 IV[3] |
| B−V Template:Engvar | −0.11[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | Script error: No such module "val".[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +0.12[1] mas/yr Dec.: +0.41[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 4.52±0.16 mas[1] |
| Distance | Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.72[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | Script error: No such module "val".[6] Template:Solar mass |
| Luminosity | 472[7] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Temperature | 9,916[7] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 249[3] km/s |
| Age | 237[8] Myr |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | {{{metal_fe2}}} dex |
| Other designations | |
| Template:Odlist[9] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
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Theta Columbae, also named Elkurud Template:IPAc-en,[10] is a solitary[11] star in the southern constellation of Columba. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.02.[2] Based upon parallax measurements taken during the Hipparcos mission, it is roughly Script error: No such module "convert". distant from the Sun.[1] At its present distance, the visual magnitude of the star is reduced by an interstellar extinction factor of 0.11.[8] It is currently moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of 45.3 km/s.[4] The star made its closest approach about 4.7 million years ago when it underwent perihelion passage at a distance of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]
This is an evolving B-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of B8 IV,[3] having recently left the main sequence.[6] It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 249 km/s.[3] The star has an estimated four times the mass of the Sun.[6] It radiates 472 times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 9,916 K.[7]
Nomenclature
θ Columbae, Latinised to Theta Columbae, is the star's Bayer designation.
Early Arab poets referred to a number of anonymous stars as الفرود al-furūd, "the solitary ones". Later Arabian astronomers attempted to identify this name with particular stars, principally in the modern constellations Centaurus and Colomba. Allen (1899) noted the accepted etymology but suggested that al-furūd might have been an old transcriber's error for القرود al-qurūd "the apes", which he rendered "Al Ḳurūd",[12] though this suggested has not received scholarly support.[13]
In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[14] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Elkurud for this star on 1 June 2018, and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[10] (The historical form Furud was chosen for Zeta Canis Majoris.)
In Chinese, Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".), meaning Grandson, refers to an asterism consisting of Theta Columbae and Kappa Columbae.[15] Consequently, Theta Columbae itself is known as Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Langx).[16]
References
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- ↑ Template:In lang 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Template:In lang AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 16 日 Template:Webarchive
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