The red dot shows the location of Groombridge 1830 in Ursa Major. | |
 Detailed position of HR 4550 ( = Groombridge 1830; bottom-left edge) related to Chi UMa and Psi UMa. | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 11 52 58.76734 |
| Declination | +37° 43′ 07.2541″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.44 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G8VIp |
| U−B color index | +0.16 |
| B−V color index | +0.75 |
| Variable type | Suspected |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −98.05±0.12 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +4002.7 mas/yr Dec.: −5817.8 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 109.0296 ± 0.0197 mas |
| Distance | 29.914 ± 0.005 ly (9.172 ± 0.002 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 6.64 |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.63±0.02 M☉ |
| Radius | 0.586±0.004 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.221±0.005 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.702±0.015 cgs |
| Temperature | 5,174±32 K |
| Metallicity | −1.26±0.07 dex |
| Age | 4.7–5.3 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| BD+38 2285, FK5 1307, GCTP 2745.00, GJ 451, HIP 57939, HR 4550, HD 103095, LHS 44, LTT 13276, SAO 62738, 1830 Groombridge, Argelander's Star | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Groombridge 1830 (also known as 1830 Groombridge or Argelander's Star) is a star in the constellation Ursa Major.
Description
It is a yellow-hued class G8 subdwarf catalogued by British astronomer Stephen Groombridge with the Groombridge Transit Circle between 1806 and the 1830s and published posthumously in his star catalog, Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars (1838). Its high proper motion was noted by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander in 1842.
It is 29.9 light-years (9.2 parsecs) from the Sun as measured by the Gaia spacecraft, which, as the distance is nearly 10 parsecs, means its absolute magnitude is almost equal to its apparent magnitude. It is a member of the galactic halo; such stars account for only 0.1 to 0.2 percent of the stars near the Sun. Like most halo stars, it has a low abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium—what astronomers term a metal-poor star.
Once suspected of being a binary star with a period of 175 days, current consensus is that it is single. Previous suspected observations of a stellar companion were probably "superflares"—analogous to the Sun's solar flares, but hundreds to millions of times more energetic. It had one of the first nine identified superflares.
Proper motion
When discovered, it had the highest proper motion of any star known, replacing 61 Cygni in that department. Later it dropped to second place after the discovery of Kapteyn's Star, and still later to third place after the discovery of Barnard's Star. It is considerably farther away than either of those stars, however, which means its transverse velocity is greater.
See also
References
- ^ Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ Argue, A. N. (1966). "UBV photometry of 550 F, G and K type stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 133 (4): 475–493. Bibcode:1966MNRAS.133..475A. doi:10.1093/mnras/133.4.475.
- Johnson, H. L.; Morgan, W. W. (1953). "Fundamental stellar photometry for standards of spectral type on the revised system of the Yerkes spectral atlas". Astrophysical Journal. 117: 313–352. Bibcode:1953ApJ...117..313J. doi:10.1086/145697.
- Kukarkin, B. V.; et al. (1981). "Catalogue of suspected variable stars". Nachrichtenblatt der Vereinigung der Sternfreunde. Moscow, USSR: Academy of Sciences. Bibcode:1981NVS...C......0K.
- Holmberg, J.; et al. (July 2009), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 501 (3): 941–947, arXiv:0811.3982, Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191, S2CID 118577511.
- Karovicova, I.; White, T. R.; Nordlander, T.; Casagrande, L.; Ireland, M.; Huber, D.; Jofré, P. (2020-08-01). "Fundamental stellar parameters of benchmark stars from CHARA interferometry - I. Metal-poor stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 640: A25. arXiv:2006.05411. Bibcode:2020A&A...640A..25K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202037590. ISSN 0004-6361.
- Mamajek, Eric E.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (November 2008). "Improved Age Estimation for Solar-Type Dwarfs Using Activity-Rotation Diagnostics". The Astrophysical Journal. 687 (2): 1264–1293. arXiv:0807.1686. Bibcode:2008ApJ...687.1264M. doi:10.1086/591785. S2CID 27151456.
- Peters, C. A. F.; "On the Parallax of Argelander's Star", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, December 1853, v.50, p.302, Bibcode:1853MNRAS..14...49P
- ^ "Groombridge 1830". SolStation.
- Rubenstein, Eric P. (February 2001). "Superflares and Giant Planets". American Scientist. 89 (1): 38. arXiv:astro-ph/0101573. Bibcode:2001AmSci..89...38R. doi:10.1511/2001.1.38. S2CID 119439101.
External links
- Israelian, Garik; García López, Ramon J.; Rebolo, Rafael (1998). "Oxygen Abundances in Unevolved Metal-poor Stars from Near-Ultraviolet OH Lines". Astrophysical Journal. 507 (2): 805–817. arXiv:astro-ph/9806235. Bibcode:1998ApJ...507..805I. doi:10.1086/306351. S2CID 18215356.
- SolStation.com: Groombridge 1830
- AN 19 (1842) 393/394 (in German)
- AN 20 (1843) 163/164 (in German)
- AN 20 (1843) 279/280
