Ross 154
{{short description|Star in the constellation Sagittarius}}
{{Starbox begin
| name=Ross 154
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{{Starbox image
|image={{Location map|100x100|AlternativeMap=Sagittarius_constellation_map.svg
|alt=Ross 154 is located in the constellation Sagittarius.
|caption=Location of Ross 154 in the constellation Sagittarius|border=infobox|mark=Red_pog.png|width=300
|label=Ross 154
|position=left
|lat=61
|long=35.8
}}|caption=
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{{Starbox observe
| epoch = J2000
| constell = Sagittarius
| dec = {{DEC|−23|50|10.4474}}
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{{Starbox character
| u-b =
| variable = Flare star
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{{Starbox astrometry
| radial_v = {{val|-11.12|0.57}}
| prop_mo_ra = +639.368
| prop_mo_dec = −193.958
| parallax = 336.0266
| p_error = 0.0317
}}
{{Starbox detail
| mass = {{nowrap|0.177 ± 0.004}}
| radius = {{nowrap|0.200 ± 0.008}}
| luminosity = 0.004015{{±|0.000048}}
| temperature = {{val|3,248|68|66|fmt=commas}}
| rotation = {{nowrap|2.848 ± 0.001}} days
| rotational_velocity = {{nowrap|3.5 ± 1.5}}
| gravity = {{nowrap|5.00 ± 0.05}}
}}
{{Starbox catalog
| names = CD−23°14742, GCTP 4338, GJ 729, HIP 92403, LHS 3414, V1216 Sagittarii
}}
{{Starbox reference
|Simbad=TYC+6859-1332-1
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{{Starbox end}}
Ross 154 (V1216 Sgr) is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 10.44, making it much too faint to be seen with the naked eye. At a minimum, viewing Ross 154 requires a telescope with an aperture of
{{Convert|6.5|cm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} under ideal conditions. The distance to this star can be estimated from parallax measurements, which places it at {{Convert|9.71|ly|pc|abbr=off|lk=on}} away from Earth. It is the nearest star in the southern constellation Sagittarius, and one of the nearest stars to the Sun.
Description
This star was first catalogued by American astronomer Frank Elmore Ross in 1925, and formed part of his fourth list of new variable stars. In 1926, he added it to his second list of stars showing a measurable proper motion after comparing its position with photographic plates taken earlier by fellow American astronomer E. E. Barnard. A preliminary parallax value of {{nowrap|0.362 ± 0.006 arcseconds}} was determined in 1937 by Walter O'Connell using photographic plates from the Yale telescope in Johannesburg, South Africa. This placed the star at the sixth position of the then-known nearby stars.
File:V1216SgrLightCurve.png for V1216 Sagittarii, plotted from Kepler data]]
Ross 154 was found to be a UV Ceti-type flare star, with a mean time between major flares of about two days. The first such flare activity was observed from Australia in 1951 when the star increased in magnitude by 0.4. Typically, the star will increase by 3–4 magnitudes during a flare. The strength of the star's surface magnetic field is an estimated {{nowrap|2.2 ± 0.1 kG}}. Ross 154 is an X-ray source and it has been detected by several X-ray observatories. The quiescent X-ray luminosity is about {{nowrap|9 × 1027 ergs s−1}}. X-ray flare emission from this star has been observed by Chandra observatory, with a particularly large flare emitting {{nowrap|2.3 × 1033 erg}}.
A stellar classification of M3.5V makes this a red dwarf star that is generating energy through the nuclear fusion of hydrogen at its core. It has an estimated 18% of the Sun's mass and 20% of the Sun's radius, but it is radiating only 0.4% of the luminosity of the Sun. In contrast to the Sun where convection only occurs in the outer layers, a red dwarf with a mass this low will be entirely convective. Based on the relatively high projected rotation, this is probably a young star with an estimated age of less than a billion years. The abundance of elements heavier than helium is about half that in the Sun.
No low-mass companions have been discovered in orbit around Ross 154. Nor does it display the level of excess infrared emission that would suggest the presence of circumstellar dust. Such debris disks are rare among M-type star systems older than about 10 million years, having been primarily cleared away by drag from the stellar wind. The space velocity components of this star in the galactic coordinate system are {{nowrap|[U, V, W]}} = [–12.2, –1.0, –7.2]{{nowrap| km s−1}}. It has not been identified as a member of a specific stellar moving group and is orbiting through the Milky Way galaxy at a distance from the core that varies from {{Convert|27.65|-|30.66|kly|kpc|abbr=on|lk=on}} with an orbital eccentricity of 0.052. Based on its low velocity relative to the Sun, this is believed to be a young disk (Population I) star. This star will make its closest approach to the Sun in about 157,000 years, when it comes within
See also
References
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}}
External links
- [http://www.solstation.com/stars/ross154.htm SolStation.com: Ross 154]
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Category:M-type main-sequence stars