Star in the constellation Scutum
ε Scuti
Location of ε Scuti (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Scutum
Right ascension
18h 43m 31.251s [ 1]
Declination
−8° 16′ 30.77″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
4.88[ 2]
Characteristics
Spectral type
G8IIb[ 3]
U−B color index
+0.88[ 4]
B−V color index
+1.12[ 5]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv ) −9.8± 0.6[ 6] km/sProper motion (μ) RA: +21.781[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: +4,591[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)5.7100 ± 0.1842 mas [ 1] Distance 570 ± 20 ly (175 ± 6 pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )-1.18[ 2]
Details Luminosity 403[ 2] L ☉ Surface gravity (log g )1.00[ 7] cgs Temperature 4,500[ 7] K Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.05[ 2] dex Rotational velocity (v sin i )5.1[ 8] km/s
Other designations ε Sct ,
3 Aquilae ,
BD −08°4686,
FK5 702,
GC 25610,
HD 173009,
HIP 91845,
HR 7032,
SAO 142546,
ADS 11601,
CCDM J18435-0817A,
WDS J18435-0817A,
GSC 05692-02504
Database references SIMBAD data
Epsilon Scuti , Latinized from ε Scuti, is a probable astrometric binary
[ 9] star system in the constellation Scutum . It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.88.[ 2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.71 mas as seen from Earth,> it is located approximately 570 light years from the Sun. It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −9.8 km/s.[ 6]
Epsilon Scuti was a latter designation of 3 Aquilae .[ 10]
The visible component is a yellow-hued bright giant with a G-type bright giant [ 3] It is radiating 403[ 2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,500 K.[ 7] Epsilon Scuti has at least three faint visual companions , two 14th magnitude stars, B and D , separated from the primary by 13.6 and 15.4 arcseconds respectively, and the 13th magnitude C , which is 38 arcseconds away.[ 11]
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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^ Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers . 42 (2): 443. Bibcode :2014JAVSO..42..443M . Vizier catalog entry
^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters . 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv :1606.08053 . Bibcode :2006AstL...32..759G . doi :10.1134/S1063773706110065 . S2CID 119231169 .
^ a b c Soubiran, Caroline; Le Campion, Jean-François; Brouillet, Nathalie; Chemin, Laurent (2016). "The PASTEL catalogue: 2016 version". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 591 : A118. arXiv :1605.07384 . Bibcode :2016A&A...591A.118S . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201628497 . S2CID 119258214 .
^ 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
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv :0806.2878 , Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x , S2CID 14878976 .
^ Wagman, M. (August 1987). "Flamsteed's Missing Stars". Journal for the History of Astronomy . 18 (3): 212. Bibcode :1987JHA....18..209W . doi :10.1177/002182868701800305 . S2CID 118445625 .
^ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog" . The Astronomical Journal . 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode :2001AJ....122.3466M . doi :10.1086/323920 . Vizier catalog entry