Atlas (star)

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Atlas
Image of the Pleiades star cluster
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Atlas in the Pleiades cluster (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension 03h 49m 09.74258s[1]
Declination +24° 03′ 12.3003″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.63[2] (3.84 / 5.46)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B8III[4]
U−B color index -0.36[5]
B−V color index -0.08[5]
Variable type Suspected
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)8.5 ± 2[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 17.70[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -44.18[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.53 ± 0.39[1] mas
Distance431 ± 13 ly
(132 ± 4[7] pc)
Orbit[7]
Period (P)290.984 ± 0.079 d
Semi-major axis (a)13.08 ± 0.12 mas
Eccentricity (e)0.2385 ± 0.0063
Inclination (i)107.87 ± 0.49°
Longitude of the node (Ω)154.0 ± 0.7°
Periastron epoch (T)JD 2450583.0 ± 1.9
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		151.9 ± 2.2°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		26.55 ± 1.41 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)		36.89 ± 0.22 km/s
Details
Atlas A
Mass4.74 ± 0.25[7] M☉
Radius2.0[8] R☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.483 ± 0.113[4] cgs
Temperature13446 ± 218[4] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)280[4] km/s
Atlas B
Mass3.42 ± 0.25[7] M☉
Other designations
27 Tau, BD+23° 557, FK5 142, HD 23850, HIP 17847, HR 1178, SAO 76228
Database references
SIMBADdata

Atlas /ˈætləs/,[9] designation 27 Tauri, is a triple star system[not verified in body] in the constellation of Taurus. It is a member of the Pleiades, an open star cluster (M45). It is 431 light-years (132 parsecs) away,[7] and is 3.92 degrees north of the ecliptic.

Nomenclature[]

27 Tauri is the star's Flamsteed designation.

In 2016 the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[10] to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Atlas for this star on 21 August 2016 and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names.[11]

Mythology[]

Main article: Atlas (mythology)

Atlas was a Titan and the father of the Pleiades sisters in Greek mythology.

Properties[]

The primary component, Atlas A, is a blue-white B-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.62.[2] It is a binary star whose components have magnitudes of 3.84 and 5.46.[3] The binary makes one orbit every 290 days, and the eccentricity is about 0.24.[7]

See also[]

  • Atlas (star) in fiction

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars". United States Naval Observatory. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 804 (2): 146. arXiv:1501.03154. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. S2CID 33401607.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
  6. ^ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Washington. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Zwahlen, N.; North, P.; Debernardi, Y.; Eyer, L.; Galland, F.; Groenewegen, M. A. T.; Hummel, C. A. (2004). "A purely geometric distance to the binary star Atlas, a member of the Pleiades". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 425 (3): L45. arXiv:astro-ph/0408430. Bibcode:2004A&A...425L..45Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200400062. S2CID 37047575.
  8. ^ Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (2001). "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 367 (2): 521–24. arXiv:astro-ph/0012289. Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451. S2CID 425754.
  9. ^ Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.
  10. ^ IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN), International Astronomical Union, retrieved 22 May 2016.
  11. ^ "IAU Catalog of Star Names". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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