VZ Arietis

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VZ Arietis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aries[1]
Right ascension Template:RA[2]
Declination Template:DEC[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.89[1] (5.82 - 5.89)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A0 V[4]
B−V Template:Engvar Script error: No such module "val".[1]
Variable type α2 CVn[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +56.600[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −0.264[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.7743±0.1298 mas[2]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
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Absolute magnitude (MV)0.48[1]
Details[6]
MassScript error: No such module "val". Template:Solar mass
Radius3.1[7] Template:Solar radius
LuminosityScript error: No such module "val". Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)4.10[8] cgs
TemperatureScript error: No such module "val". K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.1[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)54 km/s
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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VZ Arietis is single,[10] white-hued star in the northern zodiac constellation of Aries. Varying between magnitudes 5.82 and 5.89,[3] the star can be seen with the naked eye in dark, unpolluted areas. Based upon an annual parallax shift of Script error: No such module "val".,[2] it is located 560 light years from the Sun. It is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +14 km/s.[5] The star was formerly known as 16 Trianguli, but as the star is no longer in the constellation Triangulum, this designation has fallen out of use.[11]

In 1984, the Czechoslovakian astronomer Juraj Zverko announced that the star, then called HR 830, is a variable star.[12] It was given its variable star designation, VZ Arietis, in 1987.[13]

This is a chemically peculiar star[6] of type CP2 (Ap star),[14] showing an anomalous abundance of silicon in its spectrum.[12] It has a stellar classification of A0 V,[4] which indicates this is an A-type main-sequence star that currently fusing hydrogen into helium in its core. This is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable[14] with 2.7[6] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.1[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 79 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,304 K.[6]

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