Epsilon Equulei

{{Short description|Star in the constellation Equuleus}}

{{Starbox begin

|name = ε EquuleiAB

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{{Starbox observe

|epoch = J2000

|ra = {{RA|20|59|04.47539}}{{cite journal|title=Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction|author=van Leeuwen, F.|display-authors=etal|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics|volume=474|issue=2|pages=653–664|date=2007|arxiv=0708.1752|bibcode=2007A&A...474..653V|doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078357|s2cid=18759600}}

|dec = {{DEC|+04|17|36.5211}}

|appmag_v = 5.23{{cite simbad|title=* eps Equ|accessdate=8 July 2017}} (5.96 / 6.31){{cite web|url=http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astrometry/optical-IR-prod/wds/orb6|title=Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars|work=United States Naval Observatory|access-date=8 July 2017|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801102553/http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astrometry/optical-IR-prod/wds/orb6|url-status=dead}}

|constell = Equuleus

}}

{{Starbox character

|class = F5(V) + F6(V){{cite journal|bibcode=1980ApJS...44..489B|doi=10.1086/190702|title=Scanner studies of composite spectra. I - Dwarfs|journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series|volume=44|pages=489|year=1980|last1=Beavers|first1=W. I.|last2=Cook|first2=D. B.|doi-access=free}}

|b-v = +0.47{{cite journal|author1=Mermilliod, J.-C.|title=Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)|journal=Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data|pages=0|url=http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1986EgUBV........0M&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1|date=1986|bibcode= 1986EgUBV........0M}}

|u-b = +0.00

|variable =

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{{Starbox astrometry

|radial_v = 8.20 ± 0.2{{cite journal|title=Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system|author=Gontcharov, G. A.|date=2006|journal=Astronomy Letters|volume=32|issue=11|pages=759–771|bibcode=2006AstL...32..759G|doi=10.1134/S1063773706110065|arxiv=1606.08053|s2cid=119231169}}

|prop_mo_ra = -115.75

|prop_mo_dec = -151.70

|parallax = 18.49

|p_error = 1.35

|parallax_footnote=

|absmag_v = +1.65{{citation | title=XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation | last1=Anderson | first1=E. | last2=Francis | first2=Ch. | journal=Astronomy Letters | volume=38 | issue=5 | pages=331 | year=2012 | bibcode=2012AstL...38..331A | doi=10.1134/S1063773712050015 | arxiv=1108.4971 | s2cid=119257644 | postscript=. }}

}}

{{Starbox orbit

|reference =

|period = 101.485

|axis = 0.6474

|inclination = 92.17

|node = 105.15

|periastron = 1920.37

|eccentricity= 0.705

|periarg = 340.19

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{{Starbox detail

| component1 = A

| mass = 1.74{{cite web|url=http://www.ctio.noao.edu/~atokovin/stars/stars.php?cat=HR&number=8034|title=Multiple Star Catalog|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-date=2018-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129013226/http://www.ctio.noao.edu/~atokovin/stars/stars.php?cat=HR&number=8034|url-status=dead}}

| radius =

| luminosity =

| temperature = 6,223{{cite journal|bibcode=2015AJ....150...88L|title=Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=150|issue=3|pages=88|last1=Luck|first1=R. Earle|year=2015|arxiv=1507.01466|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88|s2cid=118505114}}

| metal_fe =

| gravity = 3.87

| rotational_velocity=

| component2 = B

| mass2 = 1.53

| temperature2 = 6,399

| gravity2 = 4.29

| age_gyr2 = 1.5{{cite journal|bibcode=2011A&A...530A.138C|title=New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics|volume=530|pages=A138|last1=Casagrande|first1=L.|last2=Schönrich|first2=R.|last3=Asplund|first3=M.|last4=Cassisi|first4=S.|last5=Ramírez|first5=I.|last6=Meléndez|first6=J.|last7=Bensby|first7=T.|last8=Feltzing|first8=S.|author8-link= Sofia Feltzing |year=2011|arxiv=1103.4651|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201016276|s2cid=56118016}}

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{{Starbox catalog

|names = ε Equ, 1 Equulei, HD 199766, HIP 103569, HR 8034, SAO 126428, BD+03°4473

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{{Starbox reference

|Simbad = eps+Equ

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{{Starbox end}}

Epsilon Equulei, Latinized from ε Equulei, is a star system of apparent magnitude +5.23 in the constellation of Equuleus. It is located 180 light years away from the Solar System, based on its parallax.

Star system

Two stars make up the brighter part of the Epsilon Equulei star system. They are called Epsilon Equulei A and B and are main-sequence stars of spectral type of F5 and F6, respectively. The orbital period of this binary is about 101.5 years. Although the average separation between the two stars is about {{val|0.64|ul="}}, the orbit is remarkably eccentric, at 0.705. The two stars passed their periastron in 1920. Finally, it is thought that Epsilon Equulei A may be, in turn, a spectroscopic binary. The orbital period of the latter would be 2.03133 days.{{cite journal|bibcode=1976ApJS...30..273A|doi=10.1086/190363|title=Multiplicity among solar-type stars|journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series|volume=30|pages=273|year=1976|last1=Abt|first1=H. A.|last2=Levy|first2=S. G.|doi-access=free}}

Approximately 10 arcseconds away from A and B is Epsilon Equulei C (HIP 103571), with an apparent magnitude of 7.35. It is another F-type main-sequence stars, and based on its similar distance and proper motion to A and B, it is assumed to be associated.{{cite simbad|title=* eps Equ C|accessdate=31 July 2017}}

The Epsilon Equulei system is thought to be approximately 1.5 billion years old.{{cite journal|bibcode=2011A&A...530A.138C|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201016276|title=New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|volume=530|pages=A138|last1=Casagrande|first1=L.|last2=Schönrich|first2=R.|last3=Asplund|first3=M.|last4=Cassisi|first4=S.|last5=Ramírez|first5=I.|last6=Meléndez|first6=J.|last7=Bensby|first7=T.|last8=Feltzing|first8=S.|year=2011|arxiv = 1103.4651 |s2cid=56118016}}

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