Star in the constellation Scutum
β Scuti
Location of β Scuti (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Scutum
Right ascension
18h 47m 10.474s [ 1]
Declination
−04° 44′ 52.342″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
4.22[ 2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage
Giant star
Spectral type
G4IIa[ 3]
U−B color index
+0.84[ 4]
B−V color index
+1.09[ 4]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv ) −28.75± 4.88[ 1] km/sProper motion (μ) RA: −7.972 mas /yr [ 1] Dec.: −16.398 mas /yr [ 1] Parallax (π)4.8549 ± 0.3403 mas [ 1] Distance 670 ± 50 ly (210 ± 10 pc )[ 1] Absolute magnitude (MV )−2.99[ 5]
Orbit [ 6] Primary Beta Scuti A Companion Beta Scuti B Period (P)834 days Semi-major axis (a)2.8 mas Eccentricity (e)0.350 Inclination (i)105.9° Longitude of the node (Ω)288.1° Periastron epoch (T)2422480.9 Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary)33.9°
Details Radius 49.26+3.24 −3.72 [ 7] R ☉ Luminosity 1,315± 186[ 7] L ☉ Surface gravity (log g )0.94[ 8] cgs Temperature 4,951± 25[ 7] K Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.16[ 5] dex Rotational velocity (v sin i )7.8[ 9] km/s
Other designations β Sct,
BD -04°4582,
FK5 1489,
GC 25730,
GSC 05122-01426,
HIP 92175,
HR 7063,
HD 173764,
SAO 142618, CCDM 18472-0445
Database references SIMBAD data
Beta Scuti , Latinized from β Scuti, is a binary star system in the southern constellation Scutum . Based upon an annual parallax shift of 4.85 mas as seen from Earth,[ 1] it is located approximately 670 light years from the Sun .
Characteristics
This is a spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 2.3 years and eccentricity around 0.35.[ 10] The secondary is about 3.3 magnitudes dimmer than the primary and estimated as type B9 based on the flux of far-ultraviolet radiation.[ 11]
The primary component has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.22 and is radiating about 1,315 times the luminosity of the Sun from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4,951 K.[ 7] This yellow-hued star is a G-type bright giant with a stellar classification of G4 IIa.[ 3] Its angular diameter was measured at 2.121 milliarcseconds by the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer , which gives it a physical radius of approximately 49 R ☉ at the estimated distance.[ 7]
The secondary was directly detected with a magnitude difference of 3.6 at a separation of about 17 milli-arcseconds using observations
from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer.[ 12] This detection was significant as observations with the Hubble Space Telescope which indicated a companion star was present were not definitive.[ 13] With an orbit and a parallax the sum of the masses of the two stars can be determined via a dynamical parallax .[ 14] This eventually can yield a precise mass for the evolved giant primary star.
Beta Scuti was a latter designation of 6 Aquilae .[ 15]
References
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Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
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^ a b Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989). "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 71 : 245. Bibcode :1989ApJS...71..245K . doi :10.1086/191373 .
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^ a b 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 . Vizier catalog entry
^ Ren, Shulin (2013). "Hipparcos Photocentric Orbits of 72 Single-lined Spectroscopic Binaries" . The Astronomical Journal . 145 (3): 81. Bibcode :2013AJ....145...81R . doi :10.1088/0004-6256/145/3/81 . S2CID 120199240 .
^ a b c d e Baines, Ellyn K.; Clark, James H., III; Schmitt, Henrique R.; Stone, Jordan M.; von Braun, Kaspar (2023-12-01). "33 New Stellar Angular Diameters from the NPOI, and Nearly 180 NPOI Diameters as an Ensemble" . The Astronomical Journal . 166 (6): 268. Bibcode :2023AJ....166..268B . doi :10.3847/1538-3881/ad08be . ISSN 0004-6256 . {{cite journal }}
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^ De Medeiros, J. R.; Mayor, M. (1999). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series . 139 (3): 433. arXiv :astro-ph/0608248 . Bibcode :1999A&AS..139..433D . doi :10.1051/aas:1999401 . Vizier catalog entry
^ Pourbaix, D.; Tokovinin, A. A.; Batten, A. H.; Fekel, F. C.; Hartkopf, W. I.; Levato, H.; Morrell, N. I. ; Torres, G.; Udry, S. (2004). "SB9: The ninth catalogue of spectroscopic binary orbits". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 424 (2): 727–732. arXiv :astro-ph/0406573 . Bibcode :2004A&A...424..727P . doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20041213 . S2CID 119387088 .
^ Parsons, Sidney B.; Ake, Thomas B. (1998). "Ultraviolet and Optical Studies of Binaries with Luminous Cool Primaries and Hot Companions. V. The Entire IUE Sample" . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 119 (1): 83. Bibcode :1998ApJS..119...83P . doi :10.1086/313152 .
^ Hutter, D. J.; Zavala, R. T.; Tycner, C.; Benson, J. A.; Hummel, C. A.; Sanborn, J.; Franz, O. G.; Johnston, K. J. (2016). "Surveying the Bright Stars by Optical Interferometry. I. A Search for Multiplicity among Stars of Spectral Types F-K" . Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 227 (1): 4. arXiv :1609.05254 . Bibcode :2016ApJS..227....4H . doi :10.3847/0067-0049/227/1/4 . S2CID 118803592 .
^ Parsons, S. B.; Franz, O. G.; Wassermann, L. H. (2005). "The Fine Guidance Sensor Orbit of the G4 Bright Giant HD 173764" . Astronomical Journal . 129 (3): 1700. Bibcode :2005AJ....129.1700P . doi :10.1086/427853 .
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