Furuhjelm 46

Furuhjelm 46
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 17h 12m 07.9117s[1]
Declination +45° 39′ 57.216″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.02/10.25
Characteristics
Spectral type M3 + M3.5
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)–19 ± 5 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +348.59±5.68 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: −1624.84±6.80 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)156.66±1.37 mas[2]
Distance20.8 ± 0.2 ly
(6.38 ± 0.06 pc)
Orbit[3]
Period (P)12.9512 ± 0.0096 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.7620 ± 0.0015
Eccentricity (e)0.7430 ± 0.008
Inclination (i)149.14 ± 0.25°
Longitude of the node (Ω)160.0 ± 1.3°
Periastron epoch (T)1991.032 ± 0.011[4]
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
99.0 ± 1.0°
Details
A
Mass0.379±0.035[5] M
Radius0.37±0.07[6] R
Temperature3,422±100[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.31 ± 0.17[7] dex
B
Mass0.369±0.035[5] M
Radius0.37±0.07[6] R
Temperature3,422±100[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.31 ± 0.17[7] dex
Other designations
BD+45° 2505, HD 155876, HIP 84140, WDS 17121+5450, KUI 79
Gl 661 A: LFT 1326, LTT 15095, LHS 433, NLTT 44362
Gl 661 B: LFT 1327, LTT 15096, LHS 434, NLTT 44363
Database references
SIMBADThe system
A
B
Furuhjelm 46
Location of Furuhjelm 46 in the constellation Hercules

Furuhjelm 46, also known as HD 155876 and Gliese 661, is a nearby binary star system, consisting of two very similar red dwarfs, located in the constellation Hercules.

The star's duplicity was discovered by the Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper in 1934 in a systematic survey for duplicity of the known stars within about 25 parsecs from the Sun, carried out with the 36-inch telescope of the Lick Observatory.[8] Furuhjelm 46 is the nearest "true" (i. e. not brown dwarf) star system in Hercules, however, there is brown dwarf in this constellation, located closer: WISE 1741+2553.

References

  1. ^ a b c van Leeuwen, Floor (13 August 2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
  2. ^ Söderhjelm, Staffan (1999). "HIP 84140". Visual binary orbits and masses post Hipparcos.
  3. ^ From the Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars, based upon Hartkopf, W. I.; Mason, B. D.; McAlister, H. A. (1996), "Binary star orbits from speckle interferometry. VIII. Orbits of 37 close visual systems", Astronomical Journal, 111: 370–392, Bibcode:1996AJ....111..370H, doi:10.1086/117790
  4. ^ Fractional Besselian year.
  5. ^ a b Hillenbrand, Lynne A.; White, Russel J. (2004-04-01). "An Assessment of Dynamical Mass Constraints on Pre-Main-Sequence Evolutionary Tracks". The Astrophysical Journal. 604 (2): 741. arXiv:astro-ph/0312189. Bibcode:2004ApJ...604..741H. doi:10.1086/382021. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. ^ a b c d Houdebine, E. R.; Mullan, D. J.; Paletou, F.; Gebran, M.; Bubar, E. J.; McGahee, C. E.; O'Donoghue, A. A.; Knox, E. R. (2016). "Rotation-Activity Correlations in K and M Dwarfs. I. Stellar Parameters and Compilations of v sin I and P/Sin I for a Large Sample of Late-K and M Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal. 822 (2): 97. arXiv:1604.07920. Bibcode:2016ApJ...822...97H. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/97. S2CID 119118088.
  7. ^ a b Rojas-Ayala, Bárbara; et al. (April 2012). "Metallicity and Temperature Indicators in M Dwarf K-band Spectra: Testing New and Updated Calibrations with Observations of 133 Solar Neighborhood M Dwarfs" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal. 748 (2): 93. arXiv:1112.4567. Bibcode:2012ApJ...748...93R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/93. S2CID 41902340.
  8. ^ Kuiper, Gerard (1934). "Two New Close M-Dwarf Binaries of Large Parallax". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 46 (373): 235. Bibcode:1934PASP...46..235K. doi:10.1086/124479. S2CID 119814250.