Gamma Apodis is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus. Its identifier is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from γ Apodis, and is abbreviated Gam Aps or γ Aps, respectively. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.86.[3] From parallax measurements, the distance to this star can be estimated as 153 light-years (47 pc). The star is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of +5.7 km/s.[3]

A stellar classification of G9 III[3] identifies Gamma Apodis as a giant star in the later stages of its evolution. This is a red clump giant, which means it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through core helium fusion.[4] The star has 2.3[7] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 10.3[8] times the Sun's radius. It is 2.7[7] billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 5 km/s.[9] This is an active X-ray source with a luminosity of 1.607×1030 erg s−1, making it one of the 100 strongest stellar X-ray sources within 50 parsecs of the Sun.[11]

Naming

In Chinese caused by adaptation of the European southern hemisphere constellations into the Chinese system, 異雀 (Yì Què), meaning Exotic Bird, refers to an asterism consisting of γ Apodis, ζ Apodis, ι Apodis, β Apodis, δ Octantis, δ1 Apodis, η Apodis, α Apodis and ε Apodis. Consequently, γ Apodis itself is known as 異雀四 (Yì Què sì, English: the Fourth Star of Exotic Bird).[12]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b c d e f da Silva, L.; et al. (December 2009), "Search for associations containing young stars (SACY). III. Ages and Li abundances", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 508 (2): 833–839, arXiv:0909.0677, Bibcode:2009A&A...508..833D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200911736, S2CID 119282110.
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  5. ^ a b Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4 (99): 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  6. ^ Cardini, D. (January 2005), "Mg II chromospheric radiative loss rates in cool active and quiet stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 430: 303–311, arXiv:astro-ph/0409683, Bibcode:2005A&A...430..303C, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041440, S2CID 12136256.
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  8. ^ a b Stassun, Keivan G.; Oelkers, Ryan J.; Pepper, Joshua; Paegert, Martin; De Lee, Nathan; Torres, Guillermo; Latham, David W.; Charpinet, Stéphane; Dressing, Courtney D.; Huber, Daniel; Kane, Stephen R.; Lépine, Sébastien; Mann, Andrew; Muirhead, Philip S.; Rojas-Ayala, Bárbara; Silvotti, Roberto; Fleming, Scott W.; Levine, Al; Plavchan, Peter; the TESS Target Selection Working Group (2018), "The TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List", The Astronomical Journal, 156 (3): 102, arXiv:1706.00495, Bibcode:2018AJ....156..102S, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aad050.
  9. ^ a b c d e Perdelwitz, V.; et al. (March 2024), "Analysis of the public HARPS/ESO spectroscopic archive. Ca II H&K time series for the HARPS radial velocity database", stronomy & Astrophysics, 683, id. A125, arXiv:2311.12438, Bibcode:2024A&A...683A.125P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348263.
  10. ^ "gam Aps", SIMBAD, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2012-06-29.
  11. ^ Makarov, Valeri V. (October 2003), "The 100 Brightest X-Ray Stars within 50 Parsecs of the Sun", The Astronomical Journal, 126 (4): 1996–2008, Bibcode:2003AJ....126.1996M, doi:10.1086/378164.
  12. ^ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 29 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
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