Star in the constellation Sculptor
ζ Sculptoris
Location of ζ Sculptoris (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Sculptor
Right ascension
00h 02m 19.92035s [ 1]
Declination
−29° 43′ 13.4873″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
5.04[ 2]
Characteristics
Spectral type
B5 V[ 3]
U−B color index
-0.55[ 4]
B−V color index
-0.16[ 4]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv ) +8.6± 1.6[ 5] km/sProper motion (μ) RA: +9.34[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: +14.50[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)6.49 ± 0.25 mas [ 1] Distance 500 ± 20 ly (154 ± 6 pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )−0.89[ 2]
Orbit [ 6] Period (P) 1,740± 22 dEccentricity (e) 0.316± 0.043Periastron epoch (T)2453381 ± 37 JD Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) 43.5± 6.9 °Semi-amplitude (K1 ) (primary) 12.4± 0.6 km/s
Details Mass 5.5[ 7] M ☉ Luminosity 496[ 2] L ☉ Temperature 16,100[ 3] K Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00[ 8] dex Rotation 1.75222[ 9] d Rotational velocity (v sin i )15[ 10] km/s
Other designations ζ Scl ,
CD −30° 19790,
FK5 3932,
GC 33337,
HD 224990,
HIP 183,
HR 9091,
SAO 135551,
CCDM J00023-2943AB,
WDS J00023-2943AB,
GSC 06418-01221
Database references SIMBAD data
Zeta Sculptoris , Latinized from ζ Sculptoris, is a multiple star system in the constellation Sculptor . It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of 5.04.[ 2] The annual parallax shift is 6.49 mas , which yields a distance estimate of about 500 light years from the Sun. It is moving further away with a radial velocity of +8.6 km/s.[ 5] Zeta Sculptoris is near the Blanco 1 cluster as viewed from Earth, although parallax measurements indicate it to be substantially closer.[ 6]
The primary component, designated Zeta Sculptoris A, is a single-lined, low amplitude spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 4.8 years and an eccentricity of 0.32.[ 6] The visible member of this pair is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B5 V.[ 3] It has a 13th magnitude companion, Zeta Sculptoris B, at an angular separation of 3 arcseconds along a position angle of 330° (as of 1927).[ 11] According to Eggleton and Tokovinin (2008), it is most likely gravitationally bound to the primary component.[ 12]
References
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^ 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 .
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