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Alpha Crateris (α Crateris, abbreviated Alpha Crt, α Crt), officially named Alkes /ˈælkɛs/,[8][9] is a star in the constellation of Crater. It is a cool giant star about 43.2 parsecs (141 ly) away.

α Crateris
Location of α Crateris (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Crater
Right ascension 10h 59m 46.46486s[1]
Declination −18° 17′ 55.6172″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.07[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K1 III[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)47.54 ± 0.16[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −462.26 ± 0.24[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 129.49 ± 0.26[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)23.1349 ± 0.3685 mas[5]
Distance141 ± 2 ly
(43.2 ± 0.7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.44[6]
Details
Mass1.81[7] M☉
Radius12.32[7] R☉
Luminosity66.0[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.53[7] cgs
Temperature4.691[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.01[7] dex
Age2.06[7] Gyr
Other designations
7 Crt, NLTT 25942, LTT 4040, HD 95272, BD−17°3273, HIP 53740, HR 4287, FK5 1283, SAO 156375
Database references
SIMBADdata

Nomenclature


α Crateris (Latinised to Alpha Crateris) is the star's Bayer designation.

It bore the traditional name Alkes, from the Arabic الكاس alkās or الكأس alka's "the cup". In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated Aoul al Batjna (أول ألباطیة awwal al-bāṭiya), which was translated into Latin as Prima Crateris, meaning "first [star] of the Cup".[10] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[11] to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Alkes for this star on 12 September 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[9]

In Chinese, 翼宿 (Yì Sù), meaning Wings (asterism), refers to an asterism consisting of Alpha Crateris, Gamma Crateris, Zeta Crateris, Lambda Crateris, Nu Hydrae, Eta Crateris, Delta Crateris, Iota Crateris, Kappa Crateris, Epsilon Crateris, HD 95808, HD 93833, Theta Crateris, HD 102574, HD 100219, Beta Crateris, HD 99922, HD 100307, HD 96819, Chi1 Hydrae, HD 102620 and HD 103462.[12] Consequently, Alpha Crateris itself is known as 翼宿一 (Yì Sù yī, English: the First Star of Wings).[13]


Namesake


USS Alkes (AK-110) was a United States Navy Crater-class cargo ship named after the star.


Properties


Alpha Crateris is an orange giant of spectral type K1III. It has an apparent magnitude of 4.07, and is 174 light-years from Earth. It is thought to be a horizontal branch star, meaning it is fusing helium in its core after a helium flash. Cool horizontal branch stars are often called red clump giants as they form a noticeable grouping near the hot edge of the red giant branch in the H–R diagrams of clusters with near-solar metallicity. On this basis it is calculated to have a mass of 1.81 M☉, a luminosity of 66 L☉, and an age around two billion years. Its surface temperature is 4691 K. Or it might be a red-giant branch star, still fusing hydrogen in a shell around an insert helium core, in which case it would be slightly less massive, older, cooler, larger, and more luminous.[7]


References


  1. Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. S2CID 18759600.
  2. Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
  3. Houk, N.; Smith-Moore, M. (1988). "Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars. Volume 4, Declinations -26°.0 to -12°.0". Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars. Volume 4. Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
  4. Massarotti, Alessandro; Latham, David W.; Stefanik, Robert P.; Fogel, Jeffrey (2008). "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity". The Astronomical Journal. 135 (1): 209–231. Bibcode:2008AJ....135..209M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209.
  5. 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.
  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.
  7. Reffert, Sabine; Bergmann, Christoph; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Trifonov, Trifon; Künstler, Andreas (2015). "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. VII. Occurrence rate of giant extrasolar planets as a function of mass and metallicity". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 574: A116. arXiv:1412.4634. Bibcode:2015A&A...574A.116R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322360. hdl:10722/215277. S2CID 59334290.
  8. George A. Davis (1944), 'The pronunciations, derivations, and meanings of a selected list of star names'. Popular Astronomy, Vol. 52, p.8–30
  9. "Naming Stars". IAU.org. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  10. Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429.
  11. IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN), International Astronomical Union, retrieved 22 May 2016.
  12. (in Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.
  13. (in Chinese) 香港太空館 - 研究資源 - 亮星中英對照表 Archived 2008-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Hong Kong Space Museum. Accessed on line November 23, 2010.


На других языках

[de] Alkes

Alkes (von arabisch الكأس, DMG al-kaʾs ‚der Becher‘), Bayer-Bezeichnung (Alpha Crateris, kurz α Crt) ist ein Stern der Spektralklasse K1 mit einer scheinbaren Helligkeit von 4,2 mag. α Crateris ist etwa 160 Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt.
- [en] Alpha Crateris

[es] Alkes

Alkes (α Crateris / α Crt / 7 Crateris)[1] es una estrella en la constelación de Crater de magnitud aparente +4,08, la segunda más brillante de la misma después de Labrum (δ Crateris). Su nombre, del árabe Al-Ka's, significa «la copa», en alusión al conjunto de la constelación. Se encuentra a 174 años luz de distancia del Sistema Solar.

[ru] Альфа Чаши

Альфа Чаши (α Crt, α Crateris) — звезда в созвездии Чаши. Традиционное название Алькес с арабского الكاس alkās или الكأس alka’s значит «чаша».


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