| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Right ascension | 13h 45m 41.24482s [1] |
| Declination | −33° 02′ 37.3997″ [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.23 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F2 V [3] |
| U−B color index | +0.00 [4] |
| B−V color index | +0.38 [4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −21.5±0.6 [5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −462.49±0.18
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −146.49±0.16 [1] mas/ yr |
| Parallax (π) | 51.54 ± 0.19 mas [1] |
| Distance | 63.3 ± 0.2
ly (19.40 ± 0.07 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +2.81 [6] |
| Orbit [7] | |
| Period (P) | 9.94480±0.00441 d |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.247±0.105 |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2,422,737.382 ± 3.35 JD |
|
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 137.7±25.4° |
|
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 6.00±0.75 km/s |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.35 [6] M☉ |
| Luminosity (bolometric) | 5.857 [8] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.25±0.14 [9] cgs |
| Temperature | 6,898±235 [9] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.09 [8] dex |
| Rotation | 2.42±0.22 [8] |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 86 [6] km/s |
| Age | 1.193 [9] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
1 Centauri, or i Centauri, [10] is a yellow-white-hued binary star [7] system in the southern constellation Centaurus. It can be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +4.23. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 51.54 mas as seen from Earth's orbit, it is located 51.5 light-years from the Sun. The system is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −21.5 km/s. [5]
Spectrographic images taken at the Cape Observatory between 1921 and 1923 showed this star has a variable radial velocity, which indicated this is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system. The pair have an orbital period of 9.94 days and an eccentricity of about 0.2. [7]
The primary component has received a number of different stellar classifications. For example, Jaschek et al. (1964) lists F0V, F2III, F4III and F4IV, thus ranging in evolutionary state from an ordinary F-type main-sequence star to a giant star. [11] More recently, Houk (1982) listed a class of F3 V, [12] matching an ordinary main-sequence star that is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core. The NStars project gives it a classification of F2 V. [3]
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- ^ a b Hoffleit, Dorrit; Jaschek, Carlos (1991). "The Bright star catalogue". New Haven. Bibcode: 1991bsc..book.....H.
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- ^ a b c Pizzolato, N.; et al. (September 2000), "Evolution of X-ray activity of 1-3 Msun late-type stars in early post-main-sequence phases", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 361: 614–628, Bibcode: 2000A&A...361..614P
- ^ a b c Spencer Jones, Harold (1928), "Radial velocity determinations : including a spectroscopic determination of the constant of aberration, the orbits of 13 spectroscopic binary stars, and the radial velocities of 434 stars", Annals of the Cape Observatory, 10: 246, Bibcode: 1928AnCap..10....8S.
- ^ a b c Montesinos, B.; et al. (September 2016), "Incidence of debris discs around FGK stars in the solar neighbourhood", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 593: 31, arXiv: 1605.05837, Bibcode: 2016A&A...593A..51M, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628329, S2CID 55251562, A51.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b "1 Cen". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ Hauck, B. (1979), "Correlation of spectroscopic and photometric data", International Astronomical Union, Colloquium on Spectral Classification of the Future, Vatican City, July 11–15, 1978. Ricerche Astronomiche (IAU Colloquium 47), 9: 161–178, Bibcode: 1979RA......9..161H.
- ^ Houk, Nancy (1979), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars", Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD stars. Volume_3. Declinations -40_ƒ0 to -26_ƒ0, 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode: 1982mcts.book.....H.
