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QW Puppis

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This article is about I Puppis. It is not to be confused with l Puppis or j Puppis.
QW Puppis
Location of QW Puppis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 07h 12m 33.62514s[1]
Declination −46° 45′ 33.4966″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.49[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F3V Fe-1.0[3]
U−B color index −0.01[2]
B−V color index +0.32[2]
Variable type γ Dor[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+0.10[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −135.806[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +107.433[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)46.9031 ± 0.1185 mas[1]
Distance69.5 ± 0.2 ly
(21.32 ± 0.05 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.84[6]
Details
Mass1.52[7] M☉
Radius1.7[1] R☉
Luminosity6.4[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.17[8] cgs
Temperature6,934[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.24[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)51[7] km/s
Age1.6[1] Gyr
Other designations
I Puppis, QW Pup, CD−46°2977, FK5 275, GC 9569, GJ 9225, GSC 08119-02547, HIP 34834, HR 2740, HD 55892, SAO 218537
Database references
SIMBADdata

QW Puppis (QW Pup) is a class F3V (yellow-white dwarf) star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.49 and it is approximately 69.5 light years away based on parallax.

A light curve for QW Puppis, plotted from TESS data[9]

It is a Gamma Doradus variable, ranging from 4.5 to 4.47 magnitude with a period of 0.96 days.[4] With a mass of 1.5 M☉ and an age of 1.6 billion years, it is about halfway through its main sequence lifetime.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
  3. ^ Gray, R. O.; Corbally, C. J.; Garrison, R. F.; McFadden, M. T.; Bubar, E. J.; McGahee, C. E.; O'Donoghue, A. A.; Knox, E. R. (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/0603770. Bibcode:2006AJ....132..161G. doi:10.1086/504637. S2CID 119476992.
  4. ^ a b Watson, C. L. (2006). "The International Variable Star Index (VSX)". The Society for Astronomical Sciences 25th Annual Symposium on Telescope Science. Held May 23–25. 25: 47. Bibcode:2006SASS...25...47W.
  5. ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. S2CID 119231169.
  6. ^ a b 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. Vizier catalog entry
  7. ^ a b c d e Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 537: A120. arXiv:1201.2052. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. S2CID 55586789. Vizier catalog entry
  8. ^ David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 804 (2): 146. arXiv:1501.03154. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. S2CID 33401607. Vizier catalog entry
  9. ^ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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