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LP 816-60

Coordinates: Sky map 20h 52m 33.01679s, −16° 58′ 29.0249″
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LP 816-60
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Capricornus
Right ascension 20h 52m 33.01679s[1]
Declination −16° 58′ 29.0249″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.458[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)8.5[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -309.115 mas/yr[5]
Dec.: 37.051 mas/yr[5]
Parallax (π)177.9312 ± 0.0365 mas[5]
Distance18.330 ± 0.004 ly
(5.620 ± 0.001 pc)
Details[6]
Mass0.224±0.022 M☉
Radius0.266±0.012 R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.584[7] cgs
Temperature3030±27[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.11±0.07[8] dex
Rotation67.6±0.1 d.[9]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.70±0.66[7] km/s
Age2.57+8.15
−1.95 Gyr
Other designations
HIP 103039[1], LP 816-60, NLTT 50038[10], TYC 6348-400-1[11], 2MASS J20523304-1658289
Database references
SIMBADdata
LP 816-60 is located in the constellation Capricornus
LP 816-60 is located in the constellation Capricornus
LP 816-60
Location of LP 816-60 in the constellation Capricornus

LP 816-60 is a single[3] red dwarf star of spectral type M4, located in constellation Capricornus at 18.6 light-years from Earth.[1]

History of observations

The discovery name of this star is LP 816-60,[12] which indicates that its discovery was published between 1963 and 1981 in University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.[13]

LP 816-60 is known at least from 1979, when it was included to Luyten's catalogue NLTT.[10]

Physical properties

No massive planets were detected around LP 816-60 as in 2013.[3] The star has a magnetic starspot cycle of 10.6±1.7 years,[9] and weak magnetic fields in chromosphere averaging 4.4 G.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Perryman; et al. (1997). "HIP 103039". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  2. ^ Koen, C.; Kilkenny, D.; van Wyk, F.; Marang, F. (2010). "UBV(RI)C JHK observations of Hipparcos-selected nearby stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 403 (4): 1949–1968. Bibcode:2010MNRAS.403.1949K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16182.x.
  3. ^ a b c Montet, Benjamin T.; Crepp, Justin R.; Johnson, John Asher; Howard, Andrew W.; Marcy, Geoffrey W. (2013), "The Trends High-Contrast Imaging Survey. Iv. The Occurrence Rate of Giant Planets Around M Dwarfs", The Astrophysical Journal, 781: 28, arXiv:1307.5849, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/781/1/28, S2CID 26620552
  4. ^ Henry, Todd J.; Jao, Wei-Chun; Winters, Jennifer G.; Dieterich, Sergio B.; Finch, Charlie T.; Ianna, Philip A.; Riedel, Adric R.; Silverstein, Michele L.; Subasavage, John P.; Vrijmoet, Eliot Halley (2018), "The Solar Neighborhood XLIV: RECONS Discoveries within 10 parsecs", The Astronomical Journal, 155 (6): 265, arXiv:1804.07377, Bibcode:2018AJ....155..265H, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aac262, S2CID 53983430
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Mann, Andrew W.; Feiden, Gregory A.; Gaidos, Eric; Boyajian, Tabetha; Braun, Kaspar von (2015), "How to Constrain Your M Dwarf: Measuring Effective Temperature, Bolometric Luminosity, Mass, and Radius", The Astrophysical Journal, 804 (1): 64, arXiv:1501.01635, Bibcode:2015ApJ...804...64M, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/64, S2CID 19269312
  7. ^ a b Hojjatpanah, S.; Figueira, P.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V.; Sousa, S. G.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Alibert, Y.; Cristiani, S.; González Hernández, J. I.; Lanza, A. F.; Di Marcantonio, P.; Martins, J. H. C.; Micela, G.; Molaro, P.; Neves, V.; Oshagh, M.; Pepe, F.; Poretti, E.; Rojas-Ayala, B.; Rebolo, R.; Suárez Mascareño, A.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R. (2019), "Catalog for the ESPRESSO blind radial velocity exoplanet survey", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 629: A80, arXiv:1908.04627, Bibcode:2019A&A...629A..80H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834729, S2CID 199552090
  8. ^ a b Antoniadis-Karnavas, A.; Sousa, S. G.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Santos, N. C.; Teixeira, G. D. C.; Neves, V. (2020), "ODUSSEAS: A machine learning tool to derive effective temperature and metallicity for M dwarf stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 636: A9, arXiv:2002.09367, Bibcode:2020A&A...636A...9A, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201937194, S2CID 211252698
  9. ^ a b Suárez Mascareño, A.; Rebolo, R.; González Hernández, J. I. (2016), "Magnetic cycles and rotation periods of late-type stars from photometric time series", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 595: A12, arXiv:1607.03049, Bibcode:2016A&A...595A..12S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628586, S2CID 118555782
  10. ^ a b Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "NLTT 50038". NLTT Catalogue.
  11. ^ Perryman; et al. (1997). "HIP 103039". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  12. ^ Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Cushing, Michael C.; Mace, Gregory N.; Griffith, Roger L.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; Wright, Edward L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; McLean, Ian S.; Mainzer, Amy K.; Burgasser, Adam J.; Tinney, Chris G.; Parker, Stephen; Salter, Graeme (2012). "Further Defining Spectral Type "Y" and Exploring the Low-mass End of the Field Brown Dwarf Mass Function". The Astrophysical Journal. 753 (2): 156. arXiv:1205.2122. Bibcode:2012ApJ...753..156K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/156. S2CID 119279752.
  13. ^ Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects. LP entry. SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
  14. ^ Moutou, C.; Hébrard, E. M.; Morin, J.; Malo, L.; Fouqué, P.; Torres-Rivas, A.; Martioli, E.; Delfosse, X.; Artigau, E.; Doyon, R. (2017), "SPIRou input catalogue: Activity, rotation and magnetic field of cool dwarfs", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472 (4): 4563–4586, arXiv:1709.01650, Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.4563M, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2306
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