Delta Indi
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Indus |
| Right ascension | 21h 57m 55.07353s[1] |
| Declination | −54° 59′ 33.2740″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.40[2] (4.80 + 5.96)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F0 IV + F0 IV[4] |
| U−B color index | +0.10[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.28[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +41.94[1] mas/yr Dec.: −3.93[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 17.34 ± 0.48 mas[1] |
| Distance | 188 ± 5 ly (58 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.60[5] |
| Orbit[4] | |
| Period (P) | 12.237±0.080 yr |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 0.176±0.004″ |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.032±0.032 |
| Inclination (i) | 76.3±2.0° |
| Longitude of the node (Ω) | 90.8±2.0° |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2007.518±0.480 |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 64.9±11.0° |
| Details | |
| δ Ind A | |
| Mass | 1.78±0.21[4] M☉ |
| Luminosity | 48[5] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.85[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 7,445±253[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.21[5] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 130[7] km/s |
| Age | 462[6] Myr |
| δ Ind B | |
| Mass | 1.33±0.16[4] M☉ |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Delta Indi, Latinized from δ Indi, is a binary star[4] system in the southern constellation of Indus. It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.40.[2] The brighter primary, designated component A, is magnitude 4.80 while the companion, component B, is magnitude 5.96.[3] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 14.07 mas as measured from Earth,[1] the system is located about 188 light years from the Sun.
The binary nature of this system was discovered by South African astronomer William Stephen Finsen from 1936 onward,[4] with his published orbital elements appearing in 1956.[9] The pair have an orbital period of 12.2 years, a semimajor axis of 0.176 arc seconds, and an eccentricity of around 0.03. Both components have been listed with a stellar classification of F0 IV by multiple authors, suggesting they are yellow-white hued F-type subgiant stars. However, their estimated masses don't match this classification, so Docobo and Andrade (2013) suggest the Hipparcos parallax may have been underestimated.[4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Nicolet, B. (1978), "Photoelectric photometric Catalogue of homogeneous measurements in the UBV System", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 34: 1–49, Bibcode:1978A&AS...34....1N.
- ^ a b Malkov, O. Yu.; et al. (2012), "Dynamical Masses of a Selected Sample of Orbital Binaries", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 5, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..69M, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219774, A69.
- ^ a b c d e f g Docobo, J. A.; Andrade, M. (2013), "Dynamical and physical properties of 22 binaries discovered by W. S. Finsen", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428 (1): 321–339, Bibcode:2013MNRAS.428..321D, doi:10.1093/mnras/sts045, archived from the original on 2014-12-05.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 20 (1): 51, arXiv:1204.2572, Bibcode:2012A&ARv..20...51V, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, S2CID 119273474.
- ^ "del Ind". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
{cite web}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Finsen, W. S. (1956), "The Orbit of Phi 312 = Delta Indi", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa, 15: 49, Bibcode:1956MNSSA..15...49F.
