Upsilon Tauri

υ Tauri
	Location of υ Tauri (circled)
Observation data; Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Taurus
Right ascension	04h 26m 18.46368s
Declination	+22° 48′ 48.8885″
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.28 – 4.31
Characteristics
Spectral type	A8 Vn
U−B color index	+0.14
B−V color index	+0.25
Variable type	δ Scuti
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	32.2±1.1 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +108.81 mas/yr ; Dec.: −46.80 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	21.21±0.25 mas
Distance	154 ± 2 ly ; (47.1 ± 0.6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	+0.91
Details
Mass	1.55 M☉
Radius	1.803 R☉
Luminosity	32.5 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.50 cgs
Temperature	7,398±252 K
Rotation	0.415 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	243 km/s
Age	827 Myr
Other designations
	υ Tau, υ1 Tau, 69 Tauri, BD+22 696, FK5 2326, HD 28024, HIP 20711, HR 1392, SAO 76608
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Upsilon Tauri (υ Tauri) is a solitary,^[11] white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, and is a member of the Hyades star cluster.^[8] It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.3. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 21.21 mas seen from Earth, it is around 154 light years from the Sun.

Properties

A light curve for Upsilon Tauri, plotted from *TESS* data^[12]

This is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A8 Vn.^[3] It is classified as a Delta Scuti type variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +4.28 to +4.31 with a period of 3.56 hours.^[2] At an estimated age of 827 million years,^[7] it is spinning rapidly with a rotation period of just 0.415 days.^[8] This is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 9% larger than the polar radius.^[13]

Occasionally this star system shares the Bayer designation υ Tauri with 72 Tauri, which is separated from it by 0.29° in the sky.^[14]

Naming

With φ, κ¹, κ² and χ, it composed the Arabic were the Arabs' Al Kalbain, the Two Dogs.^[15] According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars, Al Kalbain were the title for five stars : φ as Alkalbain I, χ as Alkalbain II, κ¹ as Alkalbain III, κ² as Alkalbain IV and this star (υ) as Alkalbain V.^[16]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
^ ^a ^b ^c Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1, 61 (1): 80–88, Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, S2CID 125853869.
^ ^a ^b ^c Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv:astro-ph/0610785, Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224, S2CID 18475298.
^ ^a ^b Danziger, I. J.; Dickens, R. J. (July 1967), "Spectrophotometry of New Short-Period Variable Stars", Astrophysical Journal, 149: 55, Bibcode:1967ApJ...149...55D, doi:10.1086/149231.
^ de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d van Saders, Jennifer L.; Pinsonneault, Marc H. (October 2013), "Fast Star, Slow Star; Old Star, Young Star: Subgiant Rotation as a Population and Stellar Physics Diagnostic", The Astrophysical Journal, 776 (2): 20, arXiv:1306.3701, Bibcode:2013ApJ...776...67V, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/67, S2CID 119097746, 67.
^ McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.
^ "ups Tau", SIMBAD, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-08-05.
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
^ MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes, Space Telescope Science Institute, retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 20 (1): 51, arXiv:1204.2572, Bibcode:2012A&ARv..20...51V, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, S2CID 119273474.
^ Hoffleit, D.; Jaschek, C. (1991), The Bright Star Catalogue, New Haven: Yale University Observatory, Bibcode:1991bsc..book.....H.
^ Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899), Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, p. 413
^ Rhoads, Jack W. (November 15, 1971), Technical Memorandum 33-507-A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars (PDF), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

[vanLeeuwen2007-1] van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.

[gcvs-2] Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1, 61 (1): 80–88, Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, S2CID 125853869.

[Royer2007-3] Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv:astro-ph/0610785, Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224, S2CID 18475298.

[Danziger1967-4] Danziger, I. J.; Dickens, R. J. (July 1967), "Spectrophotometry of New Short-Period Variable Stars", Astrophysical Journal, 149: 55, Bibcode:1967ApJ...149...55D, doi:10.1086/149231.

[deBruijne2012-5] Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.

[Anderson2012-6] 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.

[David2015-7] 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.

[vanSaders2013-8] van Saders, Jennifer L.; Pinsonneault, Marc H. (October 2013), "Fast Star, Slow Star; Old Star, Young Star: Subgiant Rotation as a Population and Stellar Physics Diagnostic", The Astrophysical Journal, 776 (2): 20, arXiv:1306.3701, Bibcode:2013ApJ...776...67V, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/67, S2CID 119097746, 67.

[Mcdonald2012-9] McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.

[SIMBAD-10] "ups Tau", SIMBAD, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-08-05.

[Eggleton2008-11] Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.

[MAST-12] MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes, Space Telescope Science Institute, retrieved 8 December 2021.

[vanBelle2012-13] van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 20 (1): 51, arXiv:1204.2572, Bibcode:2012A&ARv..20...51V, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, S2CID 119273474.

[hr-14] Hoffleit, D.; Jaschek, C. (1991), The Bright Star Catalogue, New Haven: Yale University Observatory, Bibcode:1991bsc..book.....H.

[allen1899-15] Allen, Richard Hinckley (1899), Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, p. 413

[rhoads1971-16] Rhoads, Jack W. (November 15, 1971), Technical Memorandum 33-507-A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars (PDF), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

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Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Location of υ Tauri (circled)
Constellation	Taurus
Right ascension	04^h 26^m 18.46368^s^[1]
Declination	+22° 48′ 48.8885″^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.28 – 4.31^[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	A8 Vn^[3]
U−B color index	+0.14^[4]
B−V color index	+0.25^[4]
Variable type	δ Scuti^[2]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	32.2±1.1^[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +108.81^[1] mas/yr Dec.: −46.80^[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	21.21±0.25 mas^[1]
Distance	154 ± 2 ly (47.1 ± 0.6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	+0.91^[6]

Details

Mass	1.55^[7] `M`_☉
Radius	1.803^[8] `R`_☉
Luminosity	32.5^[9] `L`_☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.50^[7] cgs
Temperature	7,398±252^[7] K
Rotation	0.415 d^[8]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	243^[3] km/s
Age	827^[7] Myr

Other designations
υ Tau, υ¹ Tau, 69 Tauri, BD+22 696, FK5 2326, HD 28024, HIP 20711, HR 1392, SAO 76608^[10]
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