Alpha Corvi

Alpha Corvi
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Corvus
Right ascension 12h 08m 24.81652s[1]
Declination −24° 43 43.9504[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.03[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F1 V[3]
U−B color index +0.00[2]
B−V color index +0.34[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+3.0[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 99.52[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −39.19[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)66.95 ± 0.15[1] mas
Distance48.7 ± 0.1 ly
(14.94 ± 0.03 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.25[5]
Details
Mass1.39[6] M
Luminosity4.91[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.13 ± 0.05[8] cgs
Temperature7,041 ± 53[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.19 ± 0.04[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)16.9 ± 1.5[9] km/s
Other designations
Alchiba, Al Minliar al Ghurab, Al Chiba, 1 Crv, CD 24° 10174, GCTP 2796.00, GJ 455.3, HD 105452, HIP 59199, HR 4623, SAO 180505.[10]

Alpha Corvi (α Corvi, abbreviated Alpha Crv, α Crv), also named Alchiba,[11] is a star in the constellation of Corvus.

Nomenclature

α Corvi (Latinised to Alpha Corvi) is the star's Bayer designation.

It bore the traditional names Alchiba (Arabic ألخبا al-xibā "tent") and Al Minliar al Ghurab (Arabic منقار الغراب al-manxar al-ghurab) or Minkar al Ghurab. The latter appeared in the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, which was translated into Latin as Rostrum Corvi (beak of the crow).[12] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[13] to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Alchiba for this star on 12 September 2016 and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names.[11]

In Chinese astronomy, Alchiba is called 右轄, Pinyin: Yòuxiá, meaning Right Linchpin, because it stands alone in the Right Linchpin asterism, Chariot mansion (see: Chinese constellation),[14] 右轄 (Yòuxiá), westernized into Yew Hea by R.H. Allen.[15]

Namesake

USS Alchiba (AKA-6) is a former United States Navy ship.

Properties

Alchiba belongs to the spectral class F1V and has apparent magnitude +4.00. It is 48.7 ± 0.1 light years from Earth.[1] This star exhibits periodic changes in its spectrum over a three-day period, which suggests it is either a spectroscopic binary or (more likely) a pulsating Gamma Doradus-type variable.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752Freely accessible, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357
  2. 1 2 3 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV data, SIMBAD, Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
  3. Gray, R. O.; et al. (July 2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: spectroscopy of stars earlier than M0 within 40 pc-The Southern Sample", The Astronomical Journal, 132 (1): 161–170, arXiv:astro-ph/0603770Freely accessible, Bibcode:2006AJ....132..161G, doi:10.1086/504637.
  4. Nordström, B.; et al. (2004), "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ~14000 F and G dwarfs", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 21 (2): 129–133, Bibcode:2004PASA...21..129N, doi:10.1071/AS04013.
  5. Elgarøy, Øystein; Engvold, Oddbjørn; Lund, Niels (March 1999), "The Wilson-Bappu effect of the MgII K line - dependence on stellar temperature, activity and metallicity", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 343: 222–228, Bibcode:1999A&A...343..222E.
  6. 1 2 Fuhrmann, K.; Chini, R. (2012). "Multiplicity among F-type Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 203 (2): 20. Bibcode:2012ApJS..203...30F. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/203/2/30. 30.
  7. McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–57. arXiv:1208.2037Freely accessible. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x.
  8. 1 2 3 Prugniel, P.; Vauglin, I.; Koleva, M. (2011). "The atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 531: A165. arXiv:1104.4952Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011A&A...531A.165P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116769.
  9. Ammler-von Eiff, M.; Reiners, A. (2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 542: 31, arXiv:1204.2459Freely accessible, Bibcode:2012A&A...542A.116A, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, A116.
  10. "alf Crv -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2014-05-20.
  11. 1 2 "IAU Catalog of Star Names". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  12. Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
  13. IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN), International Astronomical Union, retrieved 22 May 2016.
  14. (Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 22 日
  15. Allen, Richard Hinckley, Star Names — Their Lore and Meaning: Corvus.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.