V420 Aurigae

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V420 Aurigae
File:V420AurLightCurve.png
A light curve for V420 Aurigae, plotted from Hipparcos data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension Template:RA[2]
Declination Template:DEC[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.35 - 7.51[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B0IVpe[4]
U−B Template:Engvar −0.88[5]
B−V Template:Engvar +0.16[5]
Variable type HMXB[6] + γ Cas[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +1.305 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: −3.999 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)0.7214±0.0196 mas[2]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Details
HD 34921 A
Mass17.5[8] Template:Solar mass
Radius10.8[2] Template:Solar radius
Luminosity1,673[9] Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)3.5[4] cgs
Temperature30,000[4] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.39[2] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)Script error: No such module "val".[10] km/s
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
Template:Odlist 1H 0521+373[11]
Database references
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V420 Aurigae is a high-mass star with an inferred compact companion. Closely orbiting each other every 0.8 days, they are a source of X-ray emission.[6]

These coordinates were identified as an X-ray source using the Uhuru satellite in 1978, then associated with the star BD+37°1160 by Vito Francesco Polcaro and associates in 1990.[12] The star was found to be a variable star in the visible part of the spectrum, from the Hipparcos data, and was given the variable star designation V420 Aurigae, in 1999.[13]

The spectrum of the star shows rapid variation in the lines of singly-ionized iron and Balmer line emission, with these varying on a time scale of less than 300 seconds. This lends support to the presence of a compact companion.[14] The system displays an infrared excess, suggesting it has an orbiting circumstellar envelope of gas and possibly dust.[4] The system appears to be positioned at the center of an irregular, wispy nebula that was detected in the infrared band. One of the two filaments in this nebula appears to be connected with the system.[15]

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External links

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