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{{Short description|Star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus}} |
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{{Redirect|Fomalhaut B|the extrasolar planet candidate|Fomalhaut b}} |
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{{Redirect|Fomalhaut B|the former exoplanet candidate|Fomalhaut b}} |
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|caption=Location of TW Piscis Austrini (circled) |
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| epoch = J2000 |
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| constell=[[Piscis Austrinus]] |
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| ra={{RA|22|56|24.05327}}<ref name=aaa474_2_653/> |
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| ra = {{RA|22|56|24.05256}}<ref name="GaiaDR3"/> |
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| dec = {{DEC|−31|33|56.0306}}<ref name="GaiaDR3"/> |
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| appmag_v = 5.44–6.51<ref name=gcvs/> |
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| title=V* TW PsA -- Variable of BY Dra type | work=SIMBAD |
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| publisher=Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg |
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| url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=GJ+879&submit=SIMBAD+search |
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| accessdate=2010-01-20 }}</ref> |
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| constell=[[Piscis Austrinus]] }} |
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| class=K5Vp<ref name=aaa505_1_205/> |
| class=K5Vp<ref name=aaa505_1_205/> |
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| b-v=1.10<ref name= |
| b-v=1.10<ref name=clpl4/> |
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| u-b=1.02<ref name=clpl4/> |
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| author=Johnson, H. L.; Iriarte, B.; Mitchell, R. I.; Wisniewskj, W. Z. |
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| variable=[[BY Draconis variable|BY Draconis]]<ref name=gcvs/> |
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| title=UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars |
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| journal=Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory | volume=4 | issue=99 | year=1966 |
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| bibcode=1966CoLPL...4...99J }}</ref> |
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| u-b=1.02<ref name="clpl4" /> |
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| variable=[[BY Draconis variable|BY Draconis]] }} |
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{{Starbox astrometry |
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| radial_v=+6<ref name=" |
| radial_v = {{val|+6.79|0.12}}<ref name="GaiaDR3"/> |
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| prop_mo_ra |
| prop_mo_ra = {{val|330.203}} |
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| prop_mo_dec=−158. |
| prop_mo_dec = {{val|−158.602}} |
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| pm_footnote = <ref name="GaiaDR3"/> |
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| parallax=131.42 |
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| parallax = 131.5525 |
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| p_error=0.62 |
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| p_error = 0.0275 |
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| parallax_footnote=<ref name=aaa474_2_653/> |
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| parallax_footnote = <ref name="GaiaDR3"/> |
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| absmag_v = 7.08<ref name="age_mam"/> |
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| mass={{val|0.704|0.016}} |
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| radius={{val|0.658|0.009}} |
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| luminosity=0.19<ref name="age_mam"/> |
| luminosity=0.19<ref name="age_mam"/> |
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| temperature={{ |
| temperature={{val|4610|67|fmt=commas}} |
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| metal_fe={{val|-0.07|0.03}} |
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| rotation=10.3<ref name=Mamajek/> days |
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| rotational_velocity=2.93<ref name=aaa505_1_205/> |
| rotational_velocity=2.93<ref name=aaa505_1_205/> |
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| age_myr=440<ref name="age_mam"/> |
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| names=TW PsA, [[ |
| names=TW PsA, [[Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars|Gl]] 879, [[Harvard Revised catalogue|HR]] 8721, [[Cordoba Durchmusterung|CD]]−32°17321, [[Henry Draper catalogue|HD]] 216803, [[Luyten Two-Tenths catalogue|LTT]] 9283, [[General Catalogue of Trigonometric Parallaxes|GCTP]] 5562.00, [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog|SAO]] 214197, CP(D)−32°6550, [[Hipparcos catalogue|HIP]] 113283<ref name=SIMBAD/> |
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| Simbad = HD+216803 |
| Simbad = HD+216803 |
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'''TW Piscis Austrini''' (also Fomalhaut B) is a |
'''TW Piscis Austrini''' (also known as Fomalhaut B) is a [[main sequence]] star in the [[constellation]] [[Piscis Austrinus]]. It lies relatively close to the [[Sun]], at an estimated distance of {{convert|24.8|ly|pc|lk=on|abbr=off}}. |
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To an observer on Earth the star is visually separated from its larger companion [[Fomalhaut]] (A) by 2 degrees—the width of four [[full moon]]s.<ref name=skyandtelescope2014-10-01/> |
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[[File:TWPsALightCurve.png|thumb|left| A [[Photometric_system#Photometric_letters|visual band]] [[light curve]] for TW Piscis Austrini, adapted from Busko and Torres (1978).<ref name="Busko"/> The error bar shown on the left-most point applies to all points.]] |
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The TW in the name is astronomical nomenclature for a [[variable star]]. This is a [[flare star]] of the type known as a [[BY Draconis variable]]. It varies slightly in [[apparent magnitude]], ranging from 6.44 to 6.49 over a 10.3 day period. While smaller than the [[Sun]], it is relatively large for a flare star. Most flare stars are red [[stellar classification|M-type]] dwarfs. |
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The name TW Piscis Austrini is a [[variable star designation]]. This is a [[variable star]] of the type known as a [[BY Draconis variable]], with surface brightness variations causing the changes as the star rotates. It varies slightly in [[apparent magnitude]], ranging from 6.44 to 6.51 over a 10.3-day period.<ref name=gcvs/> |
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TW Piscis Austrini lies within a light-year of Fomalhaut.<ref name=schaaf2008/> Due to sharing the same [[proper motion]], and the same estimated age of approximately 440 ± 40 million years, astronomers now consider them to be elements of a multiple [[star system]].<ref name="age_mam"/> A third star, dimmer and more widely separated, [[Fomalhaut C]], gives the system the widest visual separation, to observers from Earth, at approximately 6 degrees.<ref name=skyandtelescope2014-10-01/> |
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TW Piscis Austrini lies within a [[light year]] of the much brighter star [[Fomalhaut]],<ref>p. 237, ''The Brightest Stars: Discovering The Universe Through The Sky's Most Brilliant Stars'', Fred Schaaf, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008, ISBN 978-0-471-70410-2.</ref> and the two may be travelling companions that share a common motion through space. |
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==Planetary system== |
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In 2019, an [[exoplanet]] candidate around Fomalhaut B was detected by [[astrometry]], but this remains unconfirmed.<ref name=space2019-09-23/><ref name=AstronomicalJournal2019-10-07/> |
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A 2012 study<ref name="age_mam"/> showed that TW PsA and [[Fomalhaut]] are approximately only 0.28 parsecs (57,000 AU) apart, and share a space velocity within 0.1±0.5 km/s, consistent with constituting a physical binary system. Independent age estimates for [[Fomalhaut]] and TW PsA yield similar results, and the age for the system is 440±40 million years.<ref name="age_mam"/> |
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| name = Fomalhaut B |
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| table_ref = <ref name=AstronomicalJournal2019-10-07/> |
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| period_unit = year |
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{{OrbitboxPlanet hypothetical |
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| exoplanet = b |
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| period = {{val|25|52|21}} |
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| mass = {{val|1.2|0.7|0.6}} |
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==References== |
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<ref name="GaiaDR3">{{Cite Gaia DR3|6604147121141267712}}</ref> |
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<ref name=age_mam>{{Cite journal | last1=Mamajek | first1=E.E. | title=On the Age and Binarity of Fomalhaut | journal=Astrophysical Journal Letters | volume=754 | issue=2 |date=August 2012 | pages=L20 | doi=10.1088/2041-8205/754/2/L20 | bibcode=2012ApJL..754...20M | arxiv=1206.6353}}</ref> |
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<ref name="Busko">{{cite journal |last1=Busko |first1=I. C. |last2=Torres |first2=C. A. O. |title=Flare activity by BY Draconis stars |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |date=March 1978 |volume=64 |pages=153–160 |bibcode=1978A&A....64..153B |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978A&A....64..153B |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> |
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<ref name=schaaf2008>{{cite book|author=Fred Schaaf|title=The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LT1q0Il3-YC|date=31 March 2008|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-0-470-24917-8}}</ref> |
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<ref name=aaa505_1_205>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Demory | first1=B.-O. | last2=Ségransan | first2=D. | last3=Forveille | first3=T. | last4=Queloz | first4=D. | last5=Beuzit | first5=J.-L. | last6=Delfosse | first6=X. | last7=di Folco | first7=E. | last8=Kervella | first8=P. | last9=Le Bouquin | first9=J.-B. |date=October 2009 | title=Mass-radius relation of low and very low-mass stars revisited with the VLTI | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=505 | issue=1 | pages=205–215 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361/200911976 | bibcode=2009A&A...505..205D |arxiv = 0906.0602 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=age_mam>{{Cite journal | last1=Mamajek | first1=E.E. | title=On the Age and Binarity of Fomalhaut | journal=Astrophysical Journal Letters | volume=754 | issue=2 |date=August 2012 | pages=L20 | doi=10.1088/2041-8205/754/2/L20 | arxiv=1206.6353| bibcode=2012ApJ...754L..20M | s2cid=119191190 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=aaa505_1_205>{{cite journal |
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| title=Mass-radius relation of low and very low-mass stars revisited with the VLTI |
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| journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=505 | issue=1 |
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| date=October 2009 | pages=205–215 |
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| doi=10.1051/0004-6361/200911976 |
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| bibcode=2009A&A...505..205D |arxiv = 0906.0602 |
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|last1=Demory |first1=Brice-Olivier |
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|last2=Ségransan |first2=Damien |
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|last3=Forveille |first3=Thierry |
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|last4=Queloz |first4=Didier |
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|last5=Beuzit |first5=Jean-Luc |
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|last6=Delfosse |first6=Xavier |
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|last7=Di Folco |first7=Emmanuel |
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|last8=Kervella |first8=Pierre |
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|last9=Le Bouquin |first9=Jean-Baptiste |
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|last10=Perrier |first10=Christian |
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|last11=Benisty |first11=Myriam |
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|last12=Duvert |first12=Gilles |
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|last13=Hofmann |first13=Karl-Heinz |
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|last14=Lopez |first14=Bruno |
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|last15=Petrov |first15=Romain |
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|s2cid=14786643 |
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<ref name=space2019-09-23> |
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| url = https://www.space.com/fomalhaut-autumn-star-skywatching.html |
| url = https://www.space.com/fomalhaut-autumn-star-skywatching.html |
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| title = Fomalhaut, 'Royal' Star of Autumn, Swims with the Southern Fish |
| title = Fomalhaut, 'Royal' Star of Autumn, Swims with the Southern Fish |
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| work = [[Space |
| work = [[Space.com]] |
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| author = Joe Rao |
| author = Joe Rao |
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| date = 2019-09-23 |
| date = 2019-09-23 |
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| accessdate = 2020-06-13 |
| accessdate = 2020-06-13 |
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| url-status = live |
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| quote = Believe it or not, an extrasolar planet might also be circling TW Piscis Austrini. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a space telescope that's searching for planets around the brightest stars in Earth's night sky, recently found a possible candidate circling this star. It's almost the same size as our Earth, and orbits the star about every 10 days at a distance of 7.5 million miles from it. |
| quote = Believe it or not, an extrasolar planet might also be circling TW Piscis Austrini. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a space telescope that's searching for planets around the brightest stars in Earth's night sky, recently found a possible candidate circling this star. It's almost the same size as our Earth, and orbits the star about every 10 days at a distance of 7.5 million miles from it. |
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| first8 = Bruce |
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| date = 7 October 2019 |
| date = 7 October 2019 |
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|volume = 158 |
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| eprint = 1910.02965 |
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|issue = 6 |
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| class = astro-ph.EP |
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|page = 225 |
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| arxiv = 1910.02965 |
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| doi = 10.3847/1538-3881/ab4c9b |
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|bibcode = 2019AJ....158..225D |
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|s2cid = 203902656 |
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|doi-access = free |
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{{cite news |
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| url = https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/fomalhaut-falls-amazing-triple-star10012014/ |
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| title = Fomalhaut: A crazy-wide triple stat |
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| work = [[Sky & Telescope]] |
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| author = Bob King |
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| date = 2014-10-01 |
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| accessdate = 2020-06-13 |
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| quote = Though it may appear isolated in the barren October sky, Fomalhaut has company. It feels the gravitational tug of the magnitude +6.5 star TW Piscis Austrini, 2° to the south. Both are 25 light-years distant and move in tandem across space, partaking of the same proper motion. They form a true double star with an actual separation of 5.5 trillion miles, or 0.91 light-year. |
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<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite web |
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== External links == |
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| title=V* TW PsA -- Variable of BY Dra type | work=SIMBAD |
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| publisher=Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg |
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| url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=GJ+879&submit=SIMBAD+search |
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| accessdate=2010-01-20 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=clpl4>{{cite journal |
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| title=UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars |
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| journal=Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory | volume=4 | issue=99 | year=1966 |
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| page=99 |
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| bibcode=1966CoLPL...4...99J | last1=Johnson | first1=H. L. | last2=Mitchell | first2=R. I. | last3=Iriarte | first3=B. | last4=Wisniewski | first4=W. Z. }}</ref> |
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<ref name=gcvs>{{cite journal|bibcode=2009yCat....102025S|title=VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)|journal=VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S|volume=1|pages=B/gcvs|display-authors=etal|last1=Samus|first1=N. N.|last2=Durlevich|first2=O. V.|year=2009}}</ref> |
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<ref name=Mamajek>{{cite journal |
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| author1=Mamajek, Eric E. | display-authors=etal |
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| title=The Solar Neighborhood. XXX. Fomalhaut C |
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| journal=The Astronomical Journal |
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| volume=146 | issue=6 | pages=154–163 | date=2013 |
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| bibcode=2013AJ....146..154M |
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| doi=10.1088/0004-6256/146/6/154 |
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| arxiv=1310.0764|s2cid=67821813}}</ref> |
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<ref name=Gomes2021>{{Cite journal |last=Gomes da Silva |first=J. |last2=Santos |first2=N. C. |last3=Adibekyan |first3=V. |last4=Sousa |first4=S. G. |last5=Campante |first5=T. L. |last6=Figueira |first6=P. |last7=Bossini |first7=D. |last8=Delgado-Mena |first8=E. |last9=Monteiro |first9=M. J. P. F. G. |last10=de Laverny |first10=P. |last11=Recio-Blanco |first11=A. |last12=Lovis |first12=C. |date=2021-02-01 |title=Stellar chromospheric activity of 1674 FGK stars from the AMBRE-HARPS sample. I. A catalogue of homogeneous chromospheric activity |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021A&A...646A..77G |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=646 |pages=A77 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202039765 |issn=0004-6361|arxiv=2012.10199 }} [https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/A%2BA/646/A77&Star=TW%20PsA Fomalhaut B's database entry] at [[VizieR]].</ref> |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.solstation.com/stars/tw-psa.htm TW Piscis Austrini] at SolStation. |
* [http://www.solstation.com/stars/tw-psa.htm TW Piscis Austrini] at SolStation. |
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{{Stars of Piscis Austrinus}} |
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[[Category:Piscis Austrinus]] |
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[[Category:K-type main-sequence stars]] |
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[[Category:BY Draconis variables]] |
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[[Category:Objects |
[[Category:Objects with variable star designations|Piscis Austrini, TW]] |
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[[Category:Objects named with variable star designations|Piscis Austrini, TW]] |
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[[Category:Henry Draper Catalogue objects|216803]] |
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[[Category:Hipparcos objects|113283]] |
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[[Category:Bright Star Catalogue objects|8721]] |
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[[Category:Gliese and GJ objects|0879]] |
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[[Category:Durchmusterung objects|CD-32 17321]] |
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[[Category:Fomalhaut]] |
Latest revision as of 23:47, 15 July 2024
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Piscis Austrinus |
Right ascension | 22h 56m 24.05256s[1] |
Declination | −31° 33′ 56.0306″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.44–6.51[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K5Vp[3] |
U−B color index | 1.02[4] |
B−V color index | 1.10[4] |
Variable type | BY Draconis[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +6.79±0.12[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 330.203 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −158.602 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 131.5525 ± 0.0275 mas[1] |
Distance | 24.793 ± 0.005 ly (7.602 ± 0.002 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 7.08[5] |
Details[6] | |
Mass | 0.704±0.016 M☉ |
Radius | 0.658±0.009 R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.19[5] L☉ |
Temperature | 4,610±67 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.07±0.03 dex |
Rotation | 10.3[7] days |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.93[3] km/s |
Age | 440[5] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
ARICNS | data |
TW Piscis Austrini (also known as Fomalhaut B) is a main sequence star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It lies relatively close to the Sun, at an estimated distance of 24.8 light-years (7.6 parsecs). To an observer on Earth the star is visually separated from its larger companion Fomalhaut (A) by 2 degrees—the width of four full moons.[9]
The name TW Piscis Austrini is a variable star designation. This is a variable star of the type known as a BY Draconis variable, with surface brightness variations causing the changes as the star rotates. It varies slightly in apparent magnitude, ranging from 6.44 to 6.51 over a 10.3-day period.[2]
TW Piscis Austrini lies within a light-year of Fomalhaut.[11] Due to sharing the same proper motion, and the same estimated age of approximately 440 ± 40 million years, astronomers now consider them to be elements of a multiple star system.[5] A third star, dimmer and more widely separated, Fomalhaut C, gives the system the widest visual separation, to observers from Earth, at approximately 6 degrees.[9]
Planetary system
[edit]In 2019, an exoplanet candidate around Fomalhaut B was detected by astrometry, but this remains unconfirmed.[12][13]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (years) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b (unconfirmed) | 1.2+0.7 −0.6 MJ |
— | 25+52 −21 |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S. 1: B/gcvs. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
- ^ a b Demory, Brice-Olivier; Ségransan, Damien; Forveille, Thierry; Queloz, Didier; Beuzit, Jean-Luc; Delfosse, Xavier; Di Folco, Emmanuel; Kervella, Pierre; Le Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste; Perrier, Christian; Benisty, Myriam; Duvert, Gilles; Hofmann, Karl-Heinz; Lopez, Bruno; Petrov, Romain (October 2009). "Mass-radius relation of low and very low-mass stars revisited with the VLTI". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 505 (1): 205–215. arXiv:0906.0602. Bibcode:2009A&A...505..205D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200911976. S2CID 14786643.
- ^ a b Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4 (99): 99. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ^ a b c d Mamajek, E.E. (August 2012). "On the Age and Binarity of Fomalhaut". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 754 (2): L20. arXiv:1206.6353. Bibcode:2012ApJ...754L..20M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/754/2/L20. S2CID 119191190.
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Though it may appear isolated in the barren October sky, Fomalhaut has company. It feels the gravitational tug of the magnitude +6.5 star TW Piscis Austrini, 2° to the south. Both are 25 light-years distant and move in tandem across space, partaking of the same proper motion. They form a true double star with an actual separation of 5.5 trillion miles, or 0.91 light-year.
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Believe it or not, an extrasolar planet might also be circling TW Piscis Austrini. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a space telescope that's searching for planets around the brightest stars in Earth's night sky, recently found a possible candidate circling this star. It's almost the same size as our Earth, and orbits the star about every 10 days at a distance of 7.5 million miles from it.
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External links
[edit]- TW Piscis Austrini at SolStation.