Celeno ( 16 Taurus , 16 Tau , lat. Celaeno ) is a star belonging to the Pleiades cluster and located in the constellation Taurus .
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 Pleiades star cluster | |||
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| Declination | |||
| Distance | 332.7 St. years (102 pc ) | ||
| Visible magnitude ( V ) | +5.45 | ||
| Constellation | Taurus | ||
| Astrometry | |||
| Radial velocity ( R v ) | +2.9 [1] km / s | ||
| Own movement (μ) | RA: 20.73 [3] Dec: –44.00 [3] | ||
| Parallax (π) | 7.53 [4] ± 1.23 mas | ||
| Absolute magnitude (V) | +0.41 | ||
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| physical characteristics | |||
| Weight | 3.1 M ☉ | ||
| Radius | 4.4 [5] R ☉ | ||
| Temperature | 12,800 [6] K | ||
| Luminosity | 58.6 L ☉ | ||
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Physical Characteristics
A star is approximately 332 light years from Earth . This is a blue-white subgiant of spectral class B with a visible magnitude of +5.45 m . The brightness of a star is 240 times greater than that of the Sun , and its radius is 3 times. The mass is approximately 1.7 solar.
Celino is one of the weakest Pleiades stars with their own name. It is in eighth place in terms of brilliance in this cluster, and it can only be seen with good vision and a clear sky. Target is a binary star , the second component is located at a distance of 0.0062 arc seconds from the main component. It is six times fainter than the main star, and has a white color; its spectral class is A3.
Name Origin
Keleno - in Greek mythology, one of the galaxies . Daughter of Atlanta and the Pleions . Beloved Poseidon , who gave birth to his son Lika , or two sons: Lika and Niktea .
According to Greek myths, one of the harpies, monsters with the face of a girl, the body of a kite and huge claws .
See also
- The Pleiades in Mythology
Notes
- ↑ Wilson, Ralph Elmer. General catalog of stellar radial velocities . - Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1953.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Gaia Data Release 2 - 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Perryman, MAC; Lindegren, L .; Kovalevsky, J. & Hoeg, E. (1997), "The Hipparcos Catalog", Astronomy & Astrophysics T. 323: L49 – L52
- ↑ Makarov, Valeri V. Computing the Parallax of the Pleiades from the Hipparcos Intermediate Astrometry Data: An Alternative Approach (Eng.) // The Astronomical Journal : journal. - IOP Publishing 2002 .-- December ( vol. 124 , no. 6 ). - P. 3299-3304 . - DOI : 10.1086 / 344683 . - .
- ↑ Pasinetti-Fracassini, LE; Pastori, L .; Covino, S .; Pozzi, A. Catalog of Stellar Diameters (CADARS) (Pasinetti-Fracassini + 2001) . VizieR On-line Data Catalog: II / 224 (November 2000). Date of treatment October 10, 2009. Archived October 19, 2012.
- ↑ Wolff, Sidney C. Luminosities, masses, and ages of B-type stars (Eng.) // The Astronomical Journal . - IOP Publishing 1990. - December ( vol. 100 ). - P. 1994 . - DOI : 10.1086 / 115654 . - .
- ↑ SIMBAD Astronomical Database