HD 81817
HD 81817 is a binary or possibly triple star system[7][4] in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. It has an orange hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.28.[2] The system is located at a distance of approximately 990 light years from the Sun based on parallax,[1] and is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −7 km/s.[2] It is a member of the IC 2391 moving group.[8]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco | 
| Right ascension | 09h 37m 05.28778s[1] | 
| Declination | +81° 19′ 34.9711″[1] | 
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.28[2] | 
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K3III + ? + DA2.8[3] | 
| B−V color index | +1.488±0.001[2] | 
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −6.98±0.10[2] km/s | 
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −16.62[1] mas/yr Dec.: −16.41[1] mas/yr | 
| Parallax (π) | 3.28 ± 0.15 mas[1] | 
| Distance | 990 ± 50 ly (300 ± 10 pc) | 
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −3.14[2] | 
| Orbit[4] | |
| Companion | HD 81817 Ab | 
| Period (P) | 1047.1±8.5 d | 
| Semi-major axis (a) | 3.3±0.1 AU | 
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.17±0.07 | 
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2449712±108 | 
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 320±34° | 
| Details[4] | |
| A | |
| Mass | 4.3±0.5 M☉ | 
| Radius | 83.8±7.8 R☉ | 
| Luminosity | 1,822.9 L☉ | 
| Temperature | 4,140±55 K | 
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.17±0.1 dex | 
| Rotation | 801 d | 
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 4.7±0.1 km/s | 
| Age | 150±40 Myr | 
| Ab | |
| Mass | ≥27.1±2.1, 124+97.39 −91.97 MJup | 
| B | |
| Temperature | ~20,000[5] K | 
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data | 
The primary component of this system is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3III.[3] The star's chromosphere is of the type called "hybrid", displaying a cool stellar wind in combination with hot emission lines.[9] It appears to be the source for the X-ray emission coming from this system.[5] The star is 32[10] million years old with 4.3[4] times the mass of the Sun. With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted, the star has expanded to 109[11] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 2,885 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,043.[11]
A possible companion star was discovered in 1984 based upon its ultraviolet spectrum. The distribution of the far ultraviolet flux matches that of a white dwarf star of class DA.[7] A 2020 study was unable to confirm or disprove this candidate white dwarf.[4]
In 2020, a substellar companion, probably a brown dwarf, was discovered in orbit around HD 81817 by radial velocity observations. It has a minimum mass of 27.1 MJ, and orbits at 3.3 AU with a period of 1047.1 days and an eccentricity of 0.17. Gaia DR2 astrometry has also detected a companion with a mass of about 124 MJ (with a high margin of error) orbiting at 2.67 AU, consistent with the radial velocity detection. If the latter mass estimate is correct, this object would be a low-mass star, probably a red dwarf.[4]
References
    
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- Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644.
- Holberg, J. B.; et al. (2013). "Where are all the Sirius-like binary systems?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 435 (3): 2077. arXiv:1307.8047. Bibcode:2013MNRAS.435.2077H. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1433.
- Bang, Tae-Yang; et al. (June 2020). "Hybrid star HD 81817 accompanied by brown dwarf or substellar companion". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 638: A148. arXiv:2005.09273. Bibcode:2020A&A...638A.148B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201936613.
- Bilíková, Jana; et al. (November 2010). "Hard X-ray Emission Associated with White Dwarfs. III". The Astronomical Journal. 140 (5): 1433–1443. Bibcode:2010AJ....140.1433B. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/5/1433.
- "HD 81817". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- Reimers, D. (July 1984). "Discovery of a white dwarf companion of the "hybrid" K giant HD 81817". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 136: L5–L6. Bibcode:1984A&A...136L...5R.
- Montes, D.; et al. (November 2001). "Late-type members of young stellar kinematic groups - I. Single stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 328 (1): 45–63. arXiv:astro-ph/0106537. Bibcode:2001MNRAS.328...45M. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04781.x. S2CID 55727428.
- Ayres, Thomas R. (January 2005). "X-Rays from Hybrid Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 618 (1): 493–501. Bibcode:2005ApJ...618..493A. doi:10.1086/425891.
- Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (January 2011). "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 410 (1): 190–200. arXiv:1007.4883. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x. S2CID 118629873.
- Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
