Pi Cephei

π Cep A
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cepheus
Right ascension 23h 07m 53.854s[1]
Declination +75° 23 15.00[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.419[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G7III[3] / F5V[3] / A7V-A9V[4]
U−B color index -0.46
B−V color index 0.8
Variable type None
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-18.6 ± 0.9 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 6.81 ± 1.05[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -34.06 ± 0.88[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.8 ± 0.41[4] mas
Distance236 ± 7 ly
(72 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.24
Orbit[3]
PrimaryPi Cephei Aa
CompanionPi Cephei Ab
Period (P)556.72 ± 0.05 days
Semi-major axis (a)39.0 ± 3.9 Mas[4]
Eccentricity (e)0.297 ± 0.006
Inclination (i)99.0 ± 2.5[4]°
Longitude of the node (Ω)109.2 ± 3.5[4]°
Periastron epoch (T)2,439,172.9 ± 1.6
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
7.6 ± 1.2°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
24.18 ± 0.15 km/s
Orbit[5]
PrimaryPi Cephei A (Aa + Ab)
CompanionPi Cephei B
Period (P)160 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.84"
Eccentricity (e)0.58
Inclination (i)28.4°
Longitude of the node (Ω)63.5°
Periastron epoch (T)1933.95
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
115.3°
Details
Mass6.88±0.69 M
Radius? R
Luminosity? L
Temperature? K
Metallicity?
Rotation?
Age? years
Other designations
HD 218658, HR 8819, 33 Cephei, BD+74° 1006, SAO 10629, HIP 114222[6]

Pi Cephei (π Cep) is a trinary star located in the constellation Cepheus.[4] The inner pair of stars orbits in 1.5 years while the outer companion completes one orbit in about 160 years.[4]

Stellar system

Pi Cephei was found to have a visual companion star by Otto Wilhelm von Struve in 1843.[4] That the primary is itself a spectroscopic binary was first noticed by William Wallace Campbell in 1901 using photographic plates taken at Lick Observatory.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. Vizier catalog entry
  2. Hauck, B.; Mermilliod, M. (1998). "Uvbybeta photoelectric photometric catalogue". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 129: 431–433. Bibcode:1998A&AS..129..431H. doi:10.1051/aas:1998195.Vizier catalog entry
  3. 1 2 3 Scarfe, C. D.; et al. (1983). "Revised orbits for 105 Herculis and Pi Cephei A and a model for the Pi Cephei system". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 203: 103–116. Bibcode:1983MNRAS.203..103S. doi:10.1093/mnras/203.1.103.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gatewood, George; et al. (2001). "Hipparcos and MAP Studies of the Triple Star π Cephei". The Astrophysical Journal 549 (2): 1145–1150. Bibcode:2001ApJ...549.1145G. doi:10.1086/319458.
  5. Baize, P. (1992). "Orbital elements of 17 binary stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (in French) 92 (1): 31–42. Bibcode:1992A&AS...92...31B.
  6. "pi. Cep -- Star". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  7. Campbell, William Wallace (1901). "Some recent results secured with the Mills spectrograph". Lick Observatory bulletin 1 (4): 22–25. Bibcode:1901LicOB...1...22C. doi:10.5479/ADS/bib/1901LicOB.1.22C.
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