Star in the constellation Microscopium
Epsilon Microscopii , Latinized from ε Microscopii, is a single,[ 10] white-hued star in the southern constellationof Microscopium . It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.71.[ 1] The annual parallax shift of the star is 19.7054 mas [ 2] as measured from Earth, which yields a distance estimate of around 166 light years . It is moving further from the Sun with a radial velocity of +7 km/s.[ 5]
This star has a stellar classification of A1 V,[ 3] indicating it is an A-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core . The stellar spectrum displays an overabundance of silicon in the star's atmosphere ,[ 11] but the abundance of iron is the same as in the Sun.[ 9] The star has 2.2 times the mass of the Sun and 2.2 times the Sun's radius .[ 7] It is around a half billion years old[ 8] and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 127 km/s.[ 3] Epsilon Microscopii is radiating about 36 times the Sun's luminosity [ 1] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,126 K.[ 8]
Epsilon Microscopii was a latter designation of the star 4 Piscis Austrini .[ 12]
This star was the brightest star in the obsolete constellation Globus Aerostaticus .[ 13]
References
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XHIP record for this object at VizieR .
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^ a b 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 .
^ 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 .
^ a b c Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (1999). "Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: Masses, radii and effective temperatures". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 352 : 555– 562. arXiv :astro-ph/9911002 . Bibcode :1999A&A...352..555A . Vizier catalog entry
^ a b c d e David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal . 804 (2): 146. arXiv :1501.03154 . Bibcode :2015ApJ...804..146D . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146 . S2CID 33401607 . Vizier catalog entry
^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters . 38 (12): 771– 782. arXiv :1606.08814 . Bibcode :2012AstL...38..771G . doi :10.1134/S1063773712120031 . S2CID 118345778 . 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 .
^ Renson, P.; Manfroid, J. (May 2009), "Catalogue of Ap, HgMn and Am stars" , Astronomy and Astrophysics , 498 (3): 961– 966, Bibcode :2009A&A...498..961R , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/200810788 .
^ Wagman, M. (August 1987). "Flamsteed's Missing Stars". Journal for the History of Astronomy . 18 (3): 220. Bibcode :1987JHA....18..209W . doi :10.1177/002182868701800305 . S2CID 118445625 .
^ Ian Ridpath's Star Tales - Globus Aerostaticus