Gamma Lupi

Gamma Lupi
Location of γ Lupi (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Lupus
Right ascension 15h 35m 08.44835s[1]
Declination –41° 10′ 00.3247″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 2.77[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2 IV[3]
U−B color index –0.82[4]
B−V color index –0.20[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+2.3[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −15.62[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −25.43[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.75 ± 0.50 mas[1]
Distance420 ± 30 ly
(129 ± 8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)–2.4[2]
Orbit[6]
Period (P)190.0 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.655″
Eccentricity (e)0.51
Inclination (i)95.0°
Longitude of the node (Ω)94.6°
Periastron epoch (T)1885.0
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		311.5°
Details
γ Lup A
Mass9.5±0.2[3] M☉
Luminosity5,000[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.96[2] cgs
Temperature20,900[2] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)270[7] km/s
Age18.6±2.4[3] Myr
Other designations
Thusia[citation needed], γ Lup, CD−40° 9760, HD 138690, HIP 76297, HR 5776, SAO 225938[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gamma Lupi, Latinized from γ Lupi, is a 3rd-magnitude, B-type blue giant star in the constellation of Lupus. It is also known in ancient Chinese astronomy as 騎官一 or "the 1st (star) of the Cavalry Officer". With a telescope, Gamma Lupi can be resolved into a binary star system in close orbit. This is known as the Gamma Lupi AB system, often abbreviated as γ Lupi AB or γ Lup AB.

A light curve for Gamma Lupi, plotted from TESS data[9]

Gamma Lupi A is itself a spectroscopic binary with a period of 2.849769 days.[10] Although the system does not show eclipses, the hotter star of the pair heats the side of the cooler star that faces it, and as they orbit each other the combined starlight varies in brightness by about 0.02 magnitudes, as seen from the Earth.[11]

This star is a proper motion member of the Upper Centaurus–Lupus sub-group in the Scorpius–Centaurus OB association, the nearest such co-moving association of massive stars to the Sun.[2]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f de Geus, E. J.; de Zeeuw, P. T.; Lub, J. (June 1989), "Physical parameters of stars in the Scorpio-Centaurus OB association", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 216 (1–2): 44–61, Bibcode:1989A&A...216...44D
  3. ^ a b c Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, S2CID 118629873
  4. ^ a b Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4 (99): 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J
  5. ^ Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966), Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick (eds.), "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities", Determination of Radial Velocities and their Applications, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 30, vol. 30, University of Toronto: International Astronomical Union, p. 57, Bibcode:1967IAUS...30...57E
  6. ^ Hartkopf, W. I.; Mason, B. D.; Worley, C. E., Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars, archived from the original on 2011-05-17, retrieved 2010-11-10
  7. ^ Bernacca, P. L.; Perinotto, M. (1970), "A catalogue of stellar rotational velocities", Contributi Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova in Asiago, 239 (1): 1, Bibcode:1970CoAsi.239....1B
  8. ^ "* gam Lup". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
  9. ^ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. ^ Jerzykiewicz, M.; Pigulski, A.; Michalska, G.; Moździerski, D.; Ratajczak, M.; Handler, G.; Moffat, A. F. J.; Pablo, H.; Popowicz, A.; Wade, G. A.; Zwintz, K. (June 2021). "BRITE observations of ν Centauri and γ Lupi, the first non-eclipsing members of the new class of nascent binaries". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503 (4): 5554–5568. arXiv:2104.11770. Bibcode:2021MNRAS.503.5554J. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab846. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  11. ^ "gam Lup". The International Variable Star Index. AAVSO. Retrieved 16 December 2022.