Binary star system in the constellation Taurus
5 Tauri
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Taurus
Right ascension
03h 30m 52.38296s [ 1]
Declination
+12° 56′ 12.0489″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
+4.14[ 2]
Characteristics
Spectral type
K0-III[ 3]
U−B color index
+0.95[ 4]
B−V color index
+1.09[ 4]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv ) 14.2± 0.3[ 2] km/s Proper motion (μ) RA: 13.537[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: -2.037[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)6.1081± 0.3907 mas [ 1] Distance 530 ± 30 ly (160 ± 10 pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )−0.96[ 2]
Orbit [ 5] Primary 5 Tauri A Companion 5 Tauri B Period (P)960 days Semi-major axis (a) 4.25 mas [ 6] Eccentricity (e) 0.397± 0.016Inclination (i)36.95[ 6] ° Longitude of the node (Ω)207.61[ 6] ° Periastron epoch (T) 2,414,889.565± 5.82Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) 326.32± 2.99 °Semi-amplitude (K1 ) (primary) 8.25± 0.15 km/s
Details 5 Tauri A Mass 4.0± 0.7[ 7] M ☉ Radius 8.5[ 8] R ☉ Luminosity 329.38[ 2] L ☉ Surface gravity (log g )1.97[ 9] cgs Temperature 4,644[ 9] K Metallicity [Fe/H]0.05[ 9] dex Rotational velocity (v sin i )10[ 10] km/s 5 Tauri B Mass 1.13± 0.13 M ☉
Other designations f Tau , 5 Tau , BD +12°486 , FK5 125 , GC 4184 , HD 21754 , HIP 16369 , HR 1066 , SAO 93469 , TYC 656-1725-1[ 11]
Database references SIMBAD data
5 Tauri is a binary star [ 6] in the zodiac constellation of Taurus , located approximately 530 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.14. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +14 km/s.[ 2]
This is a spectroscopic binary with a period of 960 days and an eccentricity of about 0.4.[ 5] The primary component is a K-type giant with a stellar classification of K0-III.[ 3] It has four[ 7] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 329[ 2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,644 K.[ 9]
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^ a b Harper, W. E. (June 1924). "The orbit of the spectroscopic binary 5 Tauri". Publications of the Dominion Observatory Ottawa . 3 : 145– 149. Bibcode :1924PDAO....3..145H .
^ a b c d ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues". VizieR On-line Data Catalog . Bibcode :1997yCat.1239....0E .
^ a b Cite error: The named reference aaa398_1163
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^ Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 367 (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 Earle Luck, R. (2014). "Parameters and Abundances in Luminous Stars" . The Astronomical Journal . 147 (6): 137. Bibcode :2014AJ....147..137L . doi :10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/137 .
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^ "5 Tau" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 28 December 2016 .