Lambda Pavonis

Lambda Pavonis
Location of λ Pavonis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pavo
Right ascension 18h 52m 13.03427s[1]
Declination −62° 11′ 15.3324″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.22[2] (4.00 - 4.26)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2Ve[4] or B2II–IIIe[5]
U−B color index −0.88[6]
B−V color index −0.15[2]
Variable type γ Cas[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+9.0±4.1[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.86[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −13.02[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.28 ± 0.18 mas[1]
Distance1,400 ± 100 ly
(440 ± 30 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−3.97[2]
Details
Mass12.5[8] M☉
Radius9±1[9] (polar) R☉
Luminosity8,450[2] L☉
Temperature20,300[10] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)190[11] km/s
Other designations
λ Pav, CD−62°1254, FK5 704, GC 25823, HD 173948, HIP 92609, HR 7074, SAO 254393, CCDM J18522-6212A, WDS J18522-6211[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

λ Pavonis, Latinized as Lambda Pavonis, is a single,[13] variable star in the southern constellation of Pavo. It is a blue-white hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 4.22.[2] This object is located approximately 1,400 light years from the Sun, based upon parallax. It is a member of the Scorpius–Centaurus association.[14]

A light curve for Lambda Pavonis, plotted from TESS data[15]

This is a massive Be star, a rapidly rotating hot blue star which has developed a gas disk around it. It is a γ Cassiopeiae variable or shell star which has occasionally brightened to magnitude 4.0.[3] The stellar classification of B2Ve[4] suggests it is a B-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. This star is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 190 km/s.[11] This is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 10% larger than the polar radius.[16] Lambda Pavonis has 12.5[8] times the mass of the Sun and nine times the Sun's polar radius.[9] It is radiating 8,450[2] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 20,300 K.[10]

Variations in signals coming from Lambda Pavonis have led to a debate on whether it is a binary, single or pulsating variable star.[14]

References

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  9. ^ a b Vieira, R. G.; et al. (January 2017). "The life cycles of Be viscous decretion discs: time-dependent modelling of infrared continuum observations". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 464 (3): 3071–3089. arXiv:1707.02861. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.464.3071V. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2542.
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  11. ^ a b Glebocki, R.; Gnacinski, P. (2005). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalog of Stellar Rotational Velocities (Glebocki+ 2005)". VizieR On-Line Data Catalog: III/244. Originally Published in: 2005csss...13..571G. 3244. Bibcode:2005yCat.3244....0G. Vizier catalog entry
  12. ^ "lam Pav". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  13. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976.
  14. ^ a b Levenhagen, R. S.; et al. (2011). "Spectroscopic variabilities in λ Pavonis". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 533: 75. Bibcode:2011A&A...533A..75L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116590.
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