Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Boötes |
Right ascension | 15h 42m 50.760818s [2] |
Declination | +52° 21′ 39.2444″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.33 to 6.41 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A0 Vsp SiSrCr [4] or B9 Vp SiCrSr [5] |
B−V color index | −0.099±0.004 [6] |
Variable type | α2 CVn [7] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −10.7±1.8 [8] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −66.214
[2]
mas/
yr Dec.: −29.308 [2] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 10.8059 ± 0.0811 mas [2] |
Distance | 302 ± 2
ly (92.5 ± 0.7 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.21 [6] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.70±0.09 [9] M☉ |
Radius | 2.51 [10] R☉ |
Luminosity | 72.4+10.8 −12.1 [9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.50 [11] cgs |
Temperature | 9,164 [11] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.63 [11] dex |
Rotation | 2.88756 d [1] |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 30 [12] km/s |
Age | 235 [13] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
BX Boötis is a star in the northern constellation of Boötes. It is a dim star near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye, having a nominal apparent visual magnitude of 6.35. [10] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.81 mas, [2] it is located 302 light years away. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction of 0.13 due to interstellar dust. [13] It is moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −11 km/s. [8]
This is a magnetic CP star [1] with a stellar classification of A0 Vsp SiSrCr, [4] indicating this is an A-type main-sequence star. The spectrum has very weak lines of helium but displays strong overabundances of silicon and all of the heavier elements except nickel. [15] It is classified as an Alpha² Canum Venaticorum variable [7] with a magnitude that varies from 6.33 to 6.41 [3] over a period of 2.88756 days. [1]
BX Boötis is 235 [13] million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 30 [12] km/s. It has 2.7 [9] times the mass of the Sun and 2.5 [10] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating around 72 [9] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,164 K. [11]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Boötes |
Right ascension | 15h 42m 50.760818s [2] |
Declination | +52° 21′ 39.2444″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.33 to 6.41 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A0 Vsp SiSrCr [4] or B9 Vp SiCrSr [5] |
B−V color index | −0.099±0.004 [6] |
Variable type | α2 CVn [7] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −10.7±1.8 [8] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −66.214
[2]
mas/
yr Dec.: −29.308 [2] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 10.8059 ± 0.0811 mas [2] |
Distance | 302 ± 2
ly (92.5 ± 0.7 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.21 [6] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.70±0.09 [9] M☉ |
Radius | 2.51 [10] R☉ |
Luminosity | 72.4+10.8 −12.1 [9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.50 [11] cgs |
Temperature | 9,164 [11] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.63 [11] dex |
Rotation | 2.88756 d [1] |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 30 [12] km/s |
Age | 235 [13] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
BX Boötis is a star in the northern constellation of Boötes. It is a dim star near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye, having a nominal apparent visual magnitude of 6.35. [10] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.81 mas, [2] it is located 302 light years away. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction of 0.13 due to interstellar dust. [13] It is moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −11 km/s. [8]
This is a magnetic CP star [1] with a stellar classification of A0 Vsp SiSrCr, [4] indicating this is an A-type main-sequence star. The spectrum has very weak lines of helium but displays strong overabundances of silicon and all of the heavier elements except nickel. [15] It is classified as an Alpha² Canum Venaticorum variable [7] with a magnitude that varies from 6.33 to 6.41 [3] over a period of 2.88756 days. [1]
BX Boötis is 235 [13] million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 30 [12] km/s. It has 2.7 [9] times the mass of the Sun and 2.5 [10] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating around 72 [9] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,164 K. [11]