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Tau Piscium
Location of τ Piscium (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0 ( ICRS)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 11m 39.63647s [1]
Declination +30° 05′ 22.6909″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.518 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0.5 IIIb [3]
U−B color index +1.016 [2]
B−V color index +1.094 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)36.36±0.34 [4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +73.88 [1]  mas/ yr
Dec.: −38.30 [1]  mas/ yr
Parallax (π)19.32 ± 0.24  mas [1]
Distance169 ± 2  ly
(51.8 ± 0.6  pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.033 [5]
Details [4]
Mass1.69 [6]  M☉
Radius10  R☉
Luminosity44.7  L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.6  cgs
Temperature4,624±5  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.04  dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.2 km/s
Age2.27 [4]  Gyr
Other designations
τ Psc, 83 Piscium, BD+29° 190, FK5 43, HD 7106, HIP 5586, HR 352, SAO 74546 [7]
Database references
SIMBAD data

Tau Piscium (τ Piscium) is an orange-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces. With an apparent visual magnitude of +4.52, [2] it is a dim star but visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 19.32  mas as seen from Earth, [1] it is located around 169  light years from the Sun. It is most likely (96% chance) a member of the thin disk population. [5]

This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K0.5 IIIb. [3] It is about 2.27 [4] billion years and is a red clump star on the horizontal branch, which indicates it is generating energy through helium fusion at its core. [8] The star has 1.7 [6] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to about 10 times the Sun's radius. [4] It is radiating 45 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,624 K. [4]

Naming

In Chinese, 奎宿 (Kuí Sù), meaning Legs, refers to an asterism consisting of τ Piscium, η Andromedae, 65 Piscium, ζ Andromedae, ε Andromedae, δ Andromedae, π Andromedae, ν Andromedae, μ Andromedae, β Andromedae, σ Piscium, 91 Piscium, υ Piscium, φ Piscium, χ Piscium and ψ¹ Piscium. Consequently, the Chinese name for τ Piscium itself is 奎宿十一 (Kuí Sù shíyī, English: the Eleventh Star of Legs.) [9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f van Leeuwen, F. (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.
  2. ^ a b c d Jennens, P. A.; Helfer, H. L. (September 1975), "A new photometric metal abundance and luminosity calibration for field G and K giants", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 172 (3): 667–679, Bibcode: 1975MNRAS.172..667J, doi: 10.1093/mnras/172.3.667.
  3. ^ a b Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 71: 245, Bibcode: 1989ApJS...71..245K, doi: 10.1086/191373.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Massarotti, Alessandro; et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity", The Astronomical Journal, 135 (1): 209–231, Bibcode: 2008AJ....135..209M, doi: 10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209.
  5. ^ a b Soubiran, C.; et al. (2008), "Vertical distribution of Galactic disk stars. IV. AMR and AVR from clump giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 480 (1): 91–101, arXiv: 0712.1370, Bibcode: 2008A&A...480...91S, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078788, S2CID  16602121.
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ "tau Psc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-07-24.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript ( link)
  8. ^ Mishenina, T. V.; et al. (September 2006), "Elemental abundances in the atmosphere of clump giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 456 (3): 1109–1120, arXiv: astro-ph/0605615, Bibcode: 2006A&A...456.1109M, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065141, S2CID  18764566.
  9. ^ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 19 日
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