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γ Boötis
(Seginus system)
Location of γ Boötis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Boötes
Right ascension 14h 32m 04.67180s[1]
Declination +38° 18′ 29.7043″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +3.03[2]
+3.02 to +3.07[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A7 IV+(n)[2] or A7 III[4]
U−B color index +0.120[4]
B−V color index +0.191[4]
Variable type δ Sct[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−32.40±1.0[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −115.71[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +151.16[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)37.58 ± 0.14 mas[1]
Distance86.8 ± 0.3 ly
(26.61 ± 0.10 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.93[4]
Details
Aa
Mass2.10[7] M☉
Radius4.65±0.04[8] R☉
Luminosity33.4[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.75±0.05[4] cgs
Temperature7,800[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.08[4] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)121[10] km/s
Age0.9[4] or 1.0[7] Gyr
Other designations
Seginus, Haris, Ceginus, Segin, Gam Boo, 27 Boötis, BD+38°2565, FK5 535, HD 127762, HIP 71075, HR 5435, SAO 64203, WDS J14321+3818A, BU 616[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gamma Boötis, Latinised from γ Boötis, is a binary star[12] system in the northern constellation of Boötes the herdsman, forming the left shoulder of this asterism.[13] The primary component has the proper name Seginus /sɪˈdʒaɪnəs/[citation needed], the traditional name of the Gamma Bootis system.[14] It has a white hue and is visible to the naked eye with a typical apparent visual magnitude of +3.03.[2] Based on parallax measurements obtained during the Hipparcos mission, it is located at a distance of approximately 85 light-years from the Sun, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −32 km/s.[6]

Properties

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The double nature of this system was discovered by American astronomer S. W. Burnham in 1878, and has the discovery code BU 616.[15] The system is resolved into a pair separated by 33.4 arcseconds with a magnitude difference of 9.27. The brighter primary is itself a close pair separated by 0.069″,[16] as discovered by B. L. Morgan and associates in 1975.[15] The primary or 'A' component of this double star system is designated WDS J14321+3818 ('B' is the star UCAC2 45176266[17]) in the Washington Double Star Catalog. Parallax measurements for component B give a distance of approximately 1,996 light-years.[18] Gamma Boötis' two components are themselves designated WDS J14321+3818Aa (Seginus)[14] and Ab.

A light curve for Gamma Boötis, plotted from TESS data[19]

The stellar classification of Gamma Boötis is A7IV+(n),[2] matching an A-type star with somewhat "nebulous" lines due to rapid rotation. It was found to be a short-period variable star in 1914 by German astronomers P. Guthnick and R. Prager. Non-radial pulsations were detected in 1992 by Edward J. Kennelly and colleagues.[10] It is a Delta Scuti-type variable star with a period of 6.96753 h that varies from magnitude +3.02 down to +3.07.[3] This dominant mode is 21.28 cycles per day with an amplitude of 0.05 in magnitude.[10] Additional pulsations occur at 18.09, 12.02, 11.70 and 5.06 cycles per day.[4]

These types of stars are usually on the main sequence or slightly evolved.[4] The primary is around one billion years old with 2.1[7] times the mass of the Sun and five[20] times the Sun's radius. Measurements of the projected rotational velocity range from 115 to 145 km/s,[4] suggesting a high rate of spin. On average, the star is radiating 33.4[9] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,800 K.[10]

The system displays a statistically significant infrared excess due to a circumstellar disk. A model fit to the data indicates this material has a mean temperature of 85 K and is orbiting at a distance of 99±10 AU.[9]

Nomenclature

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γ Boötis (Latinised to Gamma Boötis) is the binary's Bayer designation. WDS J14321+3818 is the wider system's designation in the Washington Double Star Catalog. The designations of the two constituents as WDS J14321+3818A and B, and those of A's components—WDS J14321+3818Aa and Ab—derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).[21]

Gamma Boötis bore the traditional name Ceginus (later Seginus), from cheguius or theguius, apparently Latin mistranscriptions of an Arabic rendering of Greek Boötes.[22] Two possibilities have been suggested: from Arabic بوطس bwṭs, in one of the manuscripts of the Almagest, with undotted ب b mistaken for an undotted ث th, و w taken as w and spelled 'gu', and ط ṭ completely misread,[23] or from Arabic بؤوتس bwʾwts, with undotted ب b mistaken for an undotted ث th, ؤ w-hamza mistaken for غ ġ, و w read as u, and undotted ن n misread as an undotted ى y and transcribed i—that is, as th-g-u-i-s with unwritten vowels (and the Latin grammatical ending -us) filled in for theguius.[24]

In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[25] to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN decided to attribute proper names to individual stars rather than entire multiple systems.[26] It approved the name Seginus for WDS J14321+3818Aa on 21 August 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[14]

Gamma Boötis was listed as Haris in Bečvář, apparently derived from the Arabic name of the constellation of Boötes, Al-Haris Al-Sama meaning "the guard of the north".[22]

In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated Menkib al Aoua al Aisr (منكب العواء الأيسر – mankibu lʿawwaaʾi lʾaysar), which was translated into Latin as Humerus Sinister Latratoris, meaning 'the left shoulder of barker'.[27]

In Chinese astronomy, Gamma Boötis is called 招搖, Pinyin: Zhāoyáo, meaning Twinkling Indicator, because this star is marking itself and standing alone in Twinkling Indicator asterism, Root mansion (see: Chinese constellation).[28] 招搖 (Zhāoyáo), westernized into Chaou Yaou, but the name Chaou Yaou was designated for Beta Boötis (Nekkar) by R.H. Allen and the meaning is "to beckon, excite, or move."[13]

Namesake

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USS Seginus (AK-133) was a U.S. Navy Crater-class cargo ship named after the star.

References

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