S Monocerotis

S Monocerotis

S Monocereotis lies in NGC 2264 at the very northern edge of Monoceros.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Monoceros
A
Right ascension 06h 40m 58.656s[1]
Declination +09° 53′ 44.71″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.66[2] (4.62 - 4.68[3]) + 5.90[2]
B
Right ascension 06h 40m 58.566s[1]
Declination +09° 53′ 42.20″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.830[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type O7V((f))zvar[4] + O9.5Vn[5] + B7V[6]
U−B color index −1.034[7]
B−V color index −0.261[7]
Variable type Ia[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)22.00[8] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −2.61[9] mas/yr
Dec.: −1.61[9] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.55 ± 0.50[9] mas
Distance720[5] pc
Absolute magnitude (MV)−5.21[10]
Orbit[2]
PrimaryAa
CompanionAb
Period (P)74.00 ± 0.30 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.0885 ±0.0028"
Eccentricity (e)0.76 ± 0.017
Inclination (i)62.4 ± 0.4°
Details
Aa
Mass29.1[2] M☉
Radius9.9[11] R☉
Luminosity214,000[11] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.5[12] cgs
Temperature38,500[11] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)120[13] km/s
Ab
Mass21.3[2] M☉
Age3.1[14] years
Other designations
15 Monocerotis, HD 47839, HIP 31978, HR 2456, SAO 114258, BD+10°1220
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata
NGC 2264 including the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster (upside down in this image) with S Monocerotis at the very top of the image (and the base of the Christmas tree)

S Monocerotis, also known as 15 Monocerotis, is a massive multiple and variable star system located in the constellation Monoceros. It is the brightest star in the Christmas Tree open cluster in the area catalogued as NGC 2264.

S Monocerotis is found within an open cluster and the Washington Double Star Catalog lists many companion stars.[15] The closest and brightest is S Mon B, magnitude 7.8 and 3 arc seconds away. It is classified as B7 main sequence star with a mass of 5.12 M☉.[6] The cluster contains another dozen or so 9th and 10th magnitude stars and many fainter stars.

S Monocerotis A is a spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 74 years. Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as the MK standard for O7 by which other stars are classified.[16] It is also an irregular variable star with a range of less than a tenth of a magnitude. The orbital parameters can be used to derive the masses of the two stars, giving 29 M☉ and 21 M☉.

The distance to S Monocerotis and NGC 2264 has been derived in various ways, including dynamical parallax and icochrone fitting. These consistently give estimates of 700 - 900 parsecs, although this is double the likely distance derived from the Hipparcos parallax measurements.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cvetkovc, Zorica; Vince, Istvan; Ninkovic, Slobodan (2008). "Orbit of Binary 15 Monocerotis" 0804: arXiv:0804.0698. arXiv:0804.0698. Bibcode:2008arXiv0804.0698C.
  3. 1 2 Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/gcvs. Originally published in: 2009yCat....102025S 1. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
  4. ↑ Sota, A.; Maíz Apellániz, J.; Walborn, N. R.; Alfaro, E. J.; Barbá, R. H.; Morrell, N. I.; Gamen, R. C.; Arias, J. I. (2011). "The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey. I. Classification System and Bright Northern Stars in the Blue-violet at R ~ 2500". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 193 (2): 24. arXiv:1101.4002. Bibcode:2011ApJS..193...24S. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/193/2/24.
  5. 1 2 Cvetković, Z.; Vince, I.; Ninković, S. (2010). "A new orbit of binary 15 Monocerotis". New Astronomy 15 (3): 302. Bibcode:2010NewA...15..302C. doi:10.1016/j.newast.2009.09.002.
  6. 1 2 Tokovinin, A. A. (1997). "MSC - a catalogue of physical multiple stars". A&A Supplement Series 124: 75. Bibcode:1997A&AS..124...75T. doi:10.1051/aas:1997181.
  7. 1 2 Oja, T. (August 1985). "Photoelectric photometry of stars near the north Galactic pole. II". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 61: 331–339. Bibcode:1985A&AS...61..331O.
  8. ↑ 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. arXiv:astro-ph/0406573. Bibcode:2004A&A...424..727P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  10. ↑ Feinstein, A.; Vazquez, R. A.; Benvenuto, O. G. (1986). "Of-stars in young open clusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics 159: 223. Bibcode:1986A&A...159..223F.
  11. 1 2 3 Herrero, A.; Kudritzki, R. P.; Vilchez, J. M.; Kunze, D.; Butler, K.; Haser, S. (1992). "Intrinsic parameters of galactic luminous OB stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 261: 209. Bibcode:1992A&A...261..209H.
  12. ↑ Sung, Hwankyung; Stauffer, John R.; Bessell, Michael S. (2009). "A Spitzer View of the Young Open Cluster NGC 2264". The Astronomical Journal 138 (4): 1116. arXiv:0906.3072. Bibcode:2009AJ....138.1116S. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/138/4/1116.
  13. ↑ Bernacca, P. L.; Perinotto, M. (1970). "A catalogue of stellar rotational velocities". Contributi Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova in Asiago 239 (1). Bibcode:1970CoAsi.239....1B.
  14. ↑ Hohle, M. M.; Neuhäuser, R.; Schutz, B. F. (2010). "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants". Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349. arXiv:1003.2335. Bibcode:2010AN....331..349H. doi:10.1002/asna.200911355.
  15. ↑ Worley, C. E.; Douglass, G. G. (1997). "The Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS, 1996.0)". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 125 (3): 523. Bibcode:1997A&AS..125..523W. doi:10.1051/aas:1997239.
  16. ↑ Garrison, R. F. (December 1993), "Anchor Points for the MK System of Spectral Classification", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 25: 1319, Bibcode:1993AAS...183.1710G, retrieved 2012-02-04

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