Zeta Hydrae

ζ Hydrae
Location of ζ Hydrae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension 08h 55m 23.62614s[1]
Declination +05° 56′ 44.0354″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.10[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G9 II-III[3]
U−B color index +0.82[2]
B−V color index +1.00[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+22.8[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –100.06[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +15.46[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)19.51 ± 0.18 mas[1]
Distance167 ± 2 ly
(51.3 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)–0.24[5]
Details
Mass4.2[6] M☉
Radius17.9[7] R☉
Luminosity132[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.48[7] cgs
Temperature4,925[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.21[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.5[8] km/s
Age400[5] Myr
Other designations
16 Hydrae, BD+06 2060, FK5 334, HD 76294, HIP 43813, HR 3547, SAO 117264.[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Zeta Hydrae (ζ Hya, ζ Hydrae) is a solitary star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. This is a generally faint constellation, so, at an apparent visual magnitude of +3.10,[2] this is the third-brightest member after Alphard and Gamma Hydrae.

Distance

The distance to this star has been measured using the parallax technique, yielding a value of roughly 167 light-years (51 parsecs).[1] At this distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by 0.03 as a result of extinction from intervening gas and dust.[5] Delta Hydrae is about 12.9 light-years (4.0 parsecs) from Zeta Hydrae and may be a largely co-moving object.[10] The star has one of the lower-error margin readings among those of the Gaia spacecraft which computes a parallax of 20.7182 ± 0.3925 mas and, if correct, a distance of 157 ± 3 light years.[11]

Characteristics

With a stellar classification of G9 II-III,[3] this is an evolved giant star that is radiating 132[7] times the luminosity of the Sun from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of 4,925 K.[6] At this heat, the star glows with the yellow hue of a G-type star.[12] The radius of this star, as measured using interferometry, is about 18 times the Sun's radius.[7] It has an estimated 4.2 times the mass of the Sun[6] and is around 400 million years old.[5]

Name and etymology

This star, along with δ Hya (Lisan al Sudja), ε Hya, η Hya, ρ Hya and σ Hya (Minchir), were Ulug Beg's Min al Azʽal, "Belonging to the Uninhabited Spot".[13] According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars, Min al Azʽal or Minazal were the title for five stars:δ Hya as Minazal I, η Hya as Minazal II, ε Hya as Minazal III, ρ Hya as Minazal IV and ζ Hya as Minazal V (exclude σ Hya).[14]

In Chinese, 柳宿 (Liǔ Sù), meaning Willow, refers to an asterism consisting of ζ Hydrae, δ Hydra, σ Hydrae, η Hydrae, ρ Hydrae, ε Hydrae, ω Hydrae and θ Hydrae[15] Consequently, ζ Hydrae itself is known as 柳宿六 (Liǔ Sù liù, English: the Sixth Star of Willow).[16]

The people of Groote Eylandt called Unwala, "The Crab", for the star cluster including this star, δ Hya (Lisan al Sudja), ε Hya, η Hya, ρ Hya and σ Hya (Minchir).[17]

References

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  10. ^ Shaya, Ed J.; Olling, Rob P. (January 2011), "Very Wide Binaries and Other Comoving Stellar Companions: A Bayesian Analysis of the Hipparcos Catalogue", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 192 (1): 2, arXiv:1007.0425, Bibcode:2011ApJS..192....2S, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/192/1/2, S2CID 119226823
  11. ^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
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  15. ^ (in Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.
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