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Mu Lupi

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Mu Lupi
Location of μ Lupi (circled in red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Lupus
Right ascension 15h 18m 32.02296s[1]
Declination −47° 52 30.9957[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.29[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B8 Ve (AB) + A2/3(V) (C)[3]
U−B color index −0.41[2]
B−V color index −0.03[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+14.90±1.78[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −29.59[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −35.07[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.72±0.71 mas[1]
Distance340 ± 20 ly
(103 ± 8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.57[5]
Orbit[3]
PrimaryA
NameB
Period (P)772 yr
Semi-major axis (a)1.657″
Eccentricity (e)0.43
Inclination (i)114.6°
Periastron epoch (T)2048
Orbit[6]
PrimaryCa
NameCb
Period (P)12.353±0.004 days
Eccentricity (e)0.4±0.1
Periastron epoch (T)2,455,177.7 JD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(primary)
324±18°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
2.4±0.4 km/s
Details[3]
A
Mass3.16 M
Rotational velocity (v sin i)280 km/s
B
Mass3.07 M
Rotational velocity (v sin i)50 km/s
Ca
Mass1.78 M
Temperature8,500[6] K
Cb
Mass0.05[6] M
Other designations
μ Lup, CD−47°9860, FK5 , HD 135734, HIP 74911, HR 5683, SAO 225638, WDS J15185-4753AB[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Mu Lupi (μ Lup) is a system of three confirmed stars and one brown dwarf[3] in the southern constellation of Lupus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.29[2] and lies roughly 340 light-years from the Sun.

Two of the components of this system, A and B, form a pair with an angular separation of 1.657 arcseconds. An orbital solution gives an orbital period of 772 years. Component C, an A-type main-sequence star, lies at an angular separation of 23.3 arcseconds from the AB pair,[3] and is itself a binary with an orbital period of 12.35 days. Its companion has a mass of 0.05 M, too low to fuse hydrogen, and thus it is considered a brown dwarf.[6] A fifth component, not confirmed to be a physical companion, lies at an angular separation of 6.10 arcseconds from component AB, and with a mass of 0.05 M is also a brown dwarf.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data, SIMBAD, Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tokovinin, Andrei (2018-03-01), "The Updated Multiple Star Catalog", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 235 (1): 6, arXiv:1712.04750, Bibcode:2018ApJS..235....6T, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aaa1a5, ISSN 0067-0049. Mu Lupi's database entry at VizieR.
  4. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
  5. Hubrig, S.; et al. (June 2001), "Search for low-mass PMS companions around X-ray selected late B stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 372: 152–164, arXiv:astro-ph/0103201, Bibcode:2001A&A...372..152H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010452, S2CID 17507782.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Veramendi, M. E.; González, J. F. (July 2014), "Spectroscopic study of early-type multiple stellar systems. II. New binary subsystems", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 567: 10, arXiv:1405.1084, Bibcode:2014A&A...567A..35V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423736, S2CID 21711755, A35.
  7. "* mu. Lup -- Be Star". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)