Omega Ursae Majoris

ω Ursae Majoris
	Location of ω Ursae Majoris (circled)
Observation data; Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	10h 53m 58.74035s
Declination	+43° 11′ 23.8483″
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.61
Characteristics
Spectral type	A1VsSi: or A0 IV−V
U−B color index	−0.11
B−V color index	−0.04
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	−18.70±0.80 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +42.97 mas/yr ; Dec.: −23.62 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	13.24 ± 0.50 mas
Distance	246 ± 9 ly ; (76 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	+0.86
Orbit
Period (P)	15.8307 d
Eccentricity (e)	0.31
Periastron epoch (T)	2435185.246 JD
Argument of periastron (ω); (secondary)	27.3°
Semi-amplitude (K1); (primary)	22.2 km/s
Details
Radius	2.5 R☉
Luminosity	76 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.88 cgs
Temperature	9,647 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	47 km/s
Age	325 Myr
Other designations
	ω UMa, 45 Ursae Majoris, BD+43°2058, FK5 2870, HD 94334, HIP 53295, HR 4248, SAO 43512
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Omega Ursae Majoris (Omega UMa, ω Ursae Majoris, ω UMa) is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.61.^[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 13.24 mas,^[1] it is roughly 246 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.11 due to interstellar dust.^[6]

This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system with an orbital period of 15.8 days and an eccentricity of 0.31.^[7] The primary member, component A, is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A1VsSi:.^[3] The stellar spectrum has the appearance of a hot Am star, showing overabundances of many iron-peak and heavier elements, but an underabundance of helium.^[12] In particular, it has an abnormal abundance of silicon.^[13]

Naming

In Chinese, 天牢 (Tiān Láo), meaning Celestial Prison, refers to an asterism consisting of ω Ursae Majoris, 57 Ursae Majoris, 47 Ursae Majoris, 58 Ursae Majoris, 49 Ursae Majoris and 56 Ursae Majoris. Consequently, the Chinese name for ω Ursae Majoris itself is 天牢一 (Tiān Láo yī, English: the First Star of Celestial Prison.).^[14]

References

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^ Caliskan, Hulya; Adelman, Saul J. (June 1997), "Elemental abundance analyses with DAO spectrograms - XVII. The superficially normal early A stars 2 Lyncis, omicron Ursa Majoris and phiAquilae", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 288 (2): 501–511, Bibcode:1997MNRAS.288..501C, doi:10.1093/mnras/288.2.501.
^ Renson, P.; Manfroid, J. (May 2009), "Catalogue of Ap, HgMn and Am stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 498 (3): 961–966, Bibcode:2009A&A...498..961R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810788.
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