HD 156668 is a star in the northern constellation of Hercules constellation. With an apparent visual magnitude of 8.4[2] it is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye, but it can be seen with even a small telescope.[5] The distance to this object has been determined directly using the parallax technique, yielding a value of about 80 light-years (25 parsecs).[1]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Right ascension | 17h 17m 40.49053s[1] |
| Declination | +29° 13.6′ 38.0243″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +8.424[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K3 V[2] |
| U−B color index | 0.27 |
| B−V color index | 1.015[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | -9.427 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: -72.481±0.016 mas/yr[3] Dec.: +216.849±0.019 mas/yr[3] |
| Parallax (π) | 41.1103 ± 0.0169 mas[3] |
| Distance | 79.34 ± 0.03 ly (24.325 ± 0.010 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 6.480[2] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.772 ± 0.020[2] M☉ |
| Radius | 0.720 ± 0.013[2] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.230 ± 0.018[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.60 ± 0.12[2] cgs |
| Temperature | 4850 ± 88[2] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.05 ± 0.06[2] dex |
| Rotation | 51.5 days[2] |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 0.50 ± 1.0[2] km/s |
| Age | 8.6 ± 4.8[2] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
This star has the stellar classification of a K2 dwarf, with approximately 77% of the mass of the Sun and about 72% of the Sun's diameter. While they are on the main sequence, lower mass stars like this generate energy much more slowly than the Sun. As a result, this star is radiating only 23% of the Sun's bolometric luminosity. HD 156668 is emitting this energy from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of around 4850 K,[2] giving it the cool orange glow of a K-type star.[6] It is slightly more enriched in iron compared to the Sun and is rotating at a leisurely rate of once every 51.5 days. Although much older than the Sun, this star is only middle-aged at about 8.6 billion years.[2]
The HD 156668 exhibits a stellar activity cycle with a period about 10 years.[7]
Observations
editFrom 1911 to 1915, Photographic Stellar Spectrum surveys[8] have been carried out by Annie Jump Cannon and Edward Charles Pickering. Anna Mary Palmer who was Henry Draper's wife financed the study, it was also her husband who was responsible for the star's designation in the Henry Draper Catalogue with subsequent extension (HD) although it was first designated as BD+29 2979[9] in the original catalogue that was published in 1863 by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander due to its position and brightness of 324,198 stars between +90° and −2° declination in the span of an 11-year observation. A number of proper motion surveys was published in 1957 where 9,867 stars in the Southern hemisphere where high proper motion was detected.[10] The name BD was taken from a catalogue of the Bonner Durchmusterung (Bonn Survey)[11] where observations are abbreviated as BD. Latter study expansions were carried out by the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung observatory in Córdoba, Argentina and further extensions by Henry Lee Giclas who designated the star as G 181-34 in the Giclas catalogues. From 1990 to 1993, HD 156668 was observed at least twice and was featured at the 6th annual catalog of the Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle (PMC) where it is one of 6649 stars observed.[12]
Planetary system
editAndrew Howard announced the discovery of a Super-Earth in orbit around HD 156668. This planet is designated HD 156668 b. The announcement was made at the 215th American Astronomical Society meeting on January 4 to 7, 2010 in Washington D.C. The planet orbits its star in only 4.6 days with a distance approximately 0.05 AU away from the parent star. The researchers used the wobble method where the resulting spectrum showed color shifts which was used to approximate the mass of the astronomical object. The observation revealed data that the exoplanet was at least 4.15 Earth masses.[13] Later observations revealed that the minimum mass is now 3.1 Earth masses.[14]
Another planet, HD 156668 c, was discovered in 2021, and presence of additional long-period object is suspected.[7]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | ≥3.1 ± 0.4 M🜨 | 0.0211 ± 0.0002 | 1.26984 ± 0.00007 | 0.000 | — | — |
| c | ≥0.0991+0.0079 −0.0077 MJ |
1.570±0.017 | 811.3+5.2 −5.3 |
0.089+0.04 −0.061 |
— | — |
References
edit- ^ a b c 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 f g h i j k l m n o p Howard, Andrew W.; et al. (January 2011), "The NASA-UC Eta-Earth Program. II. A Planet Orbiting HD 156668 with a Minimum Mass of Four Earth Masses", The Astrophysical Journal, 726 (2): 73, arXiv:1003.3444, Bibcode:2011ApJ...726...73H, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/726/2/73, S2CID 15559379
- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ "HD 156668". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ Sherrod, P. Clay; Koed, Thomas L. (2003), A Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy: Tools and Techniques for Astronomical Observations, Astronomy Series, Courier Dover Publications, p. 9, ISBN 0-486-42820-6
- ^ "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, December 21, 2004, archived from the original on March 18, 2012, retrieved 2012-01-16
- ^ a b c Rosenthal, Lee J.; Fulton, Benjamin J.; Hirsch, Lea A.; Isaacson, Howard T.; Howard, Andrew W.; Dedrick, Cayla M.; Sherstyuk, Ilya A.; Blunt, Sarah C.; Petigura, Erik A.; Knutson, Heather A.; Behmard, Aida; Chontos, Ashley; Crepp, Justin R.; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Dalba, Paul A.; Fischer, Debra A.; Henry, Gregory W.; Kane, Stephen R.; Kosiarek, Molly; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Rubenzahl, Ryan A.; Weiss, Lauren M.; Wright, Jason T. (2021), "The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 255 (1): 8, arXiv:2105.11583, Bibcode:2021ApJS..255....8R, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abe23c, S2CID 235186973
- ^ The Henry Draper Catalogue, Annie J. Cannon and Edward C. Pickering, Annals of Harvard College Observatory;
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- ^ Luyten, Willem Jacob (1957). A catalogue of 9867 stars in the southern hemisphere with proper motions exceeding 0."2 annually. Bibcode:1957cnes.book.....L.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "NASA reference publication -- 1297". Bonner Durchmusterung.
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- ^ "Second smallest exoplanet found to date discovered at Keck". W.M. Keck Observatory. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ a b Rebekah; et al. (2010). "Radial velocity planets de-aliased. A new, short period for Super-Earth 55 Cnc e". The Astrophysical Journal. 722 (1): 937–953. arXiv:1005.4050. Bibcode:2010ApJ...722..937D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/722/1/937. S2CID 118592734.
External links
edit- "Object and Aliases", NASA Exoplanet Archive, retrieved 2010-02-09
- "Star : HD 156668", Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia, archived from the original on February 13, 2013, retrieved 2010-02-09
- "BD+29 2979 / HD 156668", Sol Station, archived from the original on 2020-06-28, retrieved 2010-02-09
- "K stars within 100 light-years", Sol Station, archived from the original on 2017-12-24, retrieved 2010-02-09