Lambda Persei

Star in the constellation Perseus

Lambda Persei
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Location of λ Persei (circled)
Constellation	Perseus
Right ascension	04^h 06^m 35.04360^s^[1]
Declination	50° 21′ 04.5500″^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.29^[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	A0IVn^[3]
U−B color index	−0.04^[2]
B−V color index	+0.02^[2]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	+6.1±2.0^[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −12.75^[1] mas/yr Dec.: −35.60^[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	7.73 ± 0.22 mas^[1]
Distance	420 ± 10 ly (129 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	−1.31^[5]

Details

Radius	3.1^[6] `R`_☉
Luminosity	348^[5] `L`_☉
Surface gravity (log g)	4.05^[7] cgs
Temperature	10,585^[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	+0.01^[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	196^[8] km/s
Age	345^[9] Myr

Other designations
λ Per, 47 Persei, BD+49°1101, FK5 1113, GC 4924, HD 25642, HIP 19167, HR 1261, SAO 24412^[10]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

λ Persei, Latinized as Lambda Persei, is a star in the northern constellation of Perseus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.29.^[2] This object is located approximately 422 light years from the Sun based on parallax,^[1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +6 km/s.^[4]

This object has a stellar classification of A0IVn,^[3] matching an A-type subgiant star with "nebulous" lines due to rapid rotation. It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 196 km/s,^[8] which is giving the star an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 16% larger than the polar radius.^[11] Unusually for a star of this type, spectra show weak emission features among the Hydrogen lines, which may be due to plage regions on the surface caused by an implied magnetic field.^[12] The star is 345^[9] million years old and is radiating 348^[5] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,585 K.^[7]

In Chinese astronomy, Lambda Persei is called 積水, Pinyin: Jīshuǐ, meaning Stored Water, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Stored Water asterism, Stomach mansion (see : Chinese constellation).^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. S2CID 18759600. Vizier catalog entry
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ducati, J. R. (2002). "Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
^ ^a ^b Cowley, A.; et al. (April 1969). "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications". Astronomical Journal. 74: 375–406. Bibcode:1969AJ.....74..375C. doi:10.1086/110819.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, R. E. (1953). General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities. Carnegie Institution for Science. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W. LCCN 54001336.
^ ^a ^b ^c Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644. Vizier catalog entry
^ Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (2) (Third ed.): 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wu, Yue; et al. (2010). "Coudé-feed stellar spectral library – atmospheric parameters". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 525: A71. arXiv:1009.1491. Bibcode:2011A&A...525A..71W. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015014. S2CID 53480665.
^ ^a ^b Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "Bright Star Catalogue". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H. 5050 (5th Revised ed.). Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.
^ ^a ^b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012). "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars". Astronomy Letters. 38 (11): 694–706. arXiv:1606.09028. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..694G. doi:10.1134/S1063773712110035. S2CID 119108982.
^ "lam Per". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
^ Belle, G. T. (2012). "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars". The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review. 20: 51. arXiv:1204.2572. Bibcode:2012A&ARv..20...51V. doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2. S2CID 119273474.
^ Underhill, Anne B. (November 1991). "Lambda Persei: an Unusual B9 IV Star". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 103: 1176. Bibcode:1991PASP..103.1176U. doi:10.1086/132937. S2CID 121711589.
^ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 11 日

Constellation of Perseus

Stars

Bayer	α (Mirfak) β (Algol) γ δ ε ζ η (Miram) θ ι κ (Misam) λ μ ν ξ (Menkib) ο (Atik) π (Gorgonea Secunda) ρ (Gorgonea Tertia) σ τ φ ψ ω (Gorgonea Quarta) b
Flamsteed	1 2 3 4 (g) 5 7 8 9 (i) 10 11 12 14 16 17 20 21 24 29 30 31 32 (l) 34 36 40 (o) 42 (n) 43 (A) 48 (c) 49 50 52 (f) 53 (d) 54 55 56 57 (m) 58 (e) 59 1 Aur
Variable	S T U V X Z RS RT RV RW RY ST SU SV TZ UV UX UY VX XX XY XZ YZ AB AG AR AS AW AX BM DM DY FO GK IK IP IQ IU IW IX IZ KP KS KT KW LX V351 V356 V357 V361 V376 V380 V386 V392 V396 V400 V423 V432 V440 V459 V461 V471 V472 V473 V480 V490 V492 V505 V509 V518 V520 (61 And) V521 V545 V551 V572 V573 V575 V576 V621 V718 V1024
HR	470 526 529 538 540 621 641 787 792 810 820 831 842 846 849 864 865 876 885 886 890 894 918 (k) 920 923 930 949 950 956 964 966 969 973 975 979 986 991 1001 1019 1034 1037 1041 1047 1051 1056 1059 1074 1097 1113 1127 1130 1133 1141 1160 1164 1176 1191 1197 1198 1207 1215 1226 1234 1286 1301 1330 1333 1337 1344 1371 1390 1419 1424 1482 1489 1493 1500 1514
HD	13519 14433 14434 16691 16760 17092 17245 17605 21684 22781 23301 23596 25329 26702 29587
Other	BD+31 643 BD+48 740 G 38-29 G 95-57 GD 61 HAT-P-15 (Berehynia) HAT-P-29 (Muspelheim) IRAS 04296+3429 L1448-IRS2E LkHα 101 LRLL 54361 NGC 1333 13 NGC 1333 IRAS 2A NGC 1333 IRAS 4A NGC 1333 IRAS 4B NGC 1624-2 PSR B0355+54 PSR J0357+3205 WR 4

Exoplanets	WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b

Star
clusters

NGC	869 (h) 884 (χ) 957 1039 1220 1285 1342 1444 1513 1528 1545 1624
Other	Alpha Persei Cluster IC 348 Trumpler 2

Nebulae

NGC	650 (Little Dumbbell Nebula) 1333 1491 1499 (California Nebula) 1579
Other	Barnard 203 Wreath Nebula

Galaxies

NGC	1003 1023 1058 1077 1160 1161 1167 1169 1250 1259 1260 1264 1265 1267 1268 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1277 1278 1279 1281 1282 1283 1293 1294 1334
Other	IC 310 UGC 2885 (Godzilla galaxy) 4C +37.11