Pi2 Pegasi
Single star in the constellation Pegasus
π2 Pegasi , Latinized as Pi2 Pegasi , is a single[ 8] star in the northern constellation Pegasus . It is yellow-white in hue and visible to the naked eye as a faint point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.28.[ 2] The distance to this object is approximately 263 light years based on parallax ,[ 1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +5 km/s.[ 2] This star is an outlying member of the Ursa Major Moving Group .[ 9]
π1 Pegasi (right) and π2 Pegasi (left) in optical light
This object has a stellar classification of F5 III,[ 3] matching an aging giant star that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then cooled and expanded off the main sequence . At present it has 8.5[ 6] times the radius of the Sun . The star is 530[ 5] million years old with 2.48[ 5] times the Sun's mass . It shows a high rotation rate considering its evolutionary status, with a projected rotational velocity of 140 km/s.[ 4] The star has been noted as a possible variable shell star .[ 10] Pi2 Pegasi is radiating 103 times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,300 K.[ 6]
References
^ a b c d e f van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv :0708.1752 , Bibcode :2007A&A...474..653V , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 , S2CID 18759600
^ a b c d e Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters , 38 (5): 331, arXiv :1108.4971 , Bibcode :2012AstL...38..331A , doi :10.1134/S1063773712050015 , S2CID 119257644 .
^ a b Herbig, George H.; Spalding, John F. Jr. (January 1955), "Axial Rotation and Line Broadening in Stars of Spectral Types F0-K5", Astrophysical Journal , 121 : 118, Bibcode :1955ApJ...121..118H , doi :10.1086/145969 .
^ a b c Reiners, Ansgar (January 2006), "Rotation- and temperature-dependence of stellar latitudinal differential rotation", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 446 (1): 267–277, arXiv :astro-ph/0509399 , Bibcode :2006A&A...446..267R , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20053911 , S2CID 8642707
^ a b c d Luck, R. Earle (September 2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", The Astronomical Journal , 150 (3): 23, arXiv :1507.01466 , Bibcode :2015AJ....150...88L , doi :10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88 , S2CID 118505114 , 88.
^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616 . A1. arXiv :1804.09365 . Bibcode :2018A&A...616A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR .
^ "pi02 Peg" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2019-10-11 .
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv :0806.2878 , Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x , S2CID 14878976 .
^ Chupina, N. V.; et al. (June 2006), "Kinematic structure of the corona of the Ursa Major flow found using proper motions and radial velocities of single stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 451 (3): 909–916, Bibcode :2006A&A...451..909C , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20054009 .
^ Hauck, B.; Jaschek, C. (February 2000), "A-shell stars in the Geneva system", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 354 : 157–162, Bibcode :2000A&A...354..157H .
External links
Kaler, James B. "Pi Pegasi" . Stars . University of Illinois. Retrieved 16 March 2016 .