Star in the constellation Cassiopeia
Gliese 49 is a star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia . Visually, it is located 106 arcminutes north of the bright star γ Cassiopeiae . With an apparent visual magnitude of 9.56,[ 2] it is not observable with the naked eye. It is located, based on the reduction of parallax data of Gaia ( 101.47± 0.03 mas ), 32.1 light-years away from the Solar System . The star is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −6 km/s.[ 1]
This object is a red dwarf star of spectral type M1.5V.[ 2] Much dimmer than the Sun, it has a total luminosity that is 4.9% that of the Sun ;[ 2] [ 6] it is, however, much brighter than other nearby red dwarfs such as Proxima Centauri or Wolf 359 . It has an effective temperature of 3,805± 51 K . Its mass is 52% that of the Sun, and 51% of its radius.[ 2]
It rotates on its axis with a projected rotation speed of under 2 km/s, and has a rotation period of 18.86 days. It has a metallic content similar to that of the Sun, with its index of metallicity [M / H] = +0.03.[ 7] Although its age is not known exactly, it is younger than 250 million years.[citation needed ]
Gliese 49 has a similar proper motion to the red dwarf flare star V388 Cassiopeiae . The visual separation between the two is 295 arcseconds , which implies that the real distance between them is over 2,900 AU . Both stars are associated with the Hyades , as suggested by its young age and chromospheric activity levels.[ 8]
Planetary system
One known planet is known to orbit Gliese 49. Gliese 49 b is a super-Earth planet detected by the radial velocity method .[ 2]
References
^ a b c d e f 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 .
^ a b c d e f g h Perger, M.; et al. (April 2019). "Gliese 49: Activity evolution and detection of a super-Earth". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 624 : 19. arXiv :1903.04808 . Bibcode :2019A&A...624A.123P . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201935192 . ISSN 0004-6361 . S2CID 85497416 . A123.
^ a b 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 .
^ Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 649 : A1. arXiv :2012.01533 . Bibcode :2021A&A...649A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202039657 . S2CID 227254300 . (Erratum: doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e ) . Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR .
^ "GJ 49" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2019-12-16 .
^ Morales, J. C.; et al. (2008). "The effect of activity on stellar temperatures and radii". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 478 (2): 507–512. arXiv :0711.3523 . Bibcode :2008A&A...478..507M . doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20078324 . S2CID 16238033 .
^ Houdebine, E. R. (2010). "Observation and modelling of main-sequence star chromospheres – XIV. Rotation of dM1 stars" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 407 (3): 1657–1673. Bibcode :2010MNRAS.407.1657H . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16827.x .
^ Makarov, V. V.; et al. (2008). "Common Proper Motion Companions to Nearby Stars: Ages and Evolution". The Astrophysical Journal . 687 (1): 566–578. arXiv :0808.3414 . Bibcode :2008ApJ...687..566M . doi :10.1086/591638 . S2CID 17811620 .