HD 155448 is a quintuple star system consisting of 5 young B-type stars . With an apparent magnitude of 8.72,[2] it is too dim to be visible with the naked eye.
Parallax measurements from the Hipparcos spacecraft in 1997 give the system a distance of 1,976 light years with a margin of error larger than the parallax itself.[1] The New Hipparcos Reduction gives a distance of 6,272 light years, but still with a statistical margin of error larger than the parallax value.[7] Gaia parallaxes are available for the visible components. For component C, the Gaia Data Release 2 and Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) parallaxes are both negative and somewhat meaningless.[8][6] For components A, B, and D, the Gaia EDR3 parallaxes are 0.9566±0.0440 mas,[4] 0.8401±0.0384 mas,[5] and 0.7837±0.0263 mas[6] respectively, implying a distance around 4,000 light years.
Before 2011, this star was mistaken as either a Herbig Ae/Be star[9] or a post-AGB object.[10] When the system was studied in 2011, it was originally believed to contain only 4 stars (or at least more than 2 stars). In 2011, a study conducted at the European Southern Observatory in Chile concluded that the "B" star is actually a binary star, thus reclassifying it as a quintuple star system.[3] HD 155448 A, B, C, and D. Periods have been estimated at 27,000 years for Bab, 59,000 years for AB, 111,000 years for Ac, and 327,000 years for AD.[11] However, analysis in 2011 states that the stars aren't gravitationally bound to each other.[3]
All of the stars are currently on the ZAMS. At present the primary star has a mass greater than 7 solar masses and an effective temperature of 25,000 K, while the companions have masses ranging from 3-6 times the mass of the Sun, and temperatures ranging from 10,000-16,000 K.
References
- 1 2 3 Perryman, M. A. C.; Lindegren, L.; Kovalevsky, J.; Hoeg, E.; Bastian, U.; Bernacca, P. L.; Crézé, M.; Donati, F.; Grenon, M.; Grewing, M.; van Leeuwen, F. (1997-07-01). "The HIPPARCOS Catalogue". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 323: L49–L52. Bibcode:1997A&A...323L..49P. ISSN 0004-6361.
- 1 2 "HD 155448". sim-basic. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Schütz, O.; Meeus, G.; Carmona, A.; Juhász, A.; Sterzik, M. F. (2011-09-01). "The young B-star quintuple system HD 155448". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 533: A54. arXiv:1108.1557. Bibcode:2011A&A...533A..54S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016396. ISSN 0004-6361.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
- ↑ van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. ISSN 1432-0746.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Vioque, M.; Oudmaijer, R. D.; Baines, D.; Mendigutía, I.; Pérez-Martínez, R. (December 2018). "Gaia DR2 study of Herbig Ae/Be stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 620: A128. arXiv:1808.00476. Bibcode:2018A&A...620A.128V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832870. ISSN 1432-0746.
- ↑ Luna, R.; Cox, N. L. J.; Satorre, M. A.; García Hernández, D. A.; Suárez, O.; García Lario, P. (March 2008). "A search for diffuse bands in the circumstellar envelopes of post-AGB stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 480 (1): 133–148. arXiv:0711.1843. Bibcode:2008A&A...480..133L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065282. ISSN 1432-0746.
- ↑ Tokovinin, Andrei (2018-03-01). "The Updated Multiple Star Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 235 (1): 6. arXiv:1712.04750. Bibcode:2018ApJS..235....6T. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aaa1a5. ISSN 0067-0049. S2CID 119047709.