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LQ Hydrae is a single[13] variable star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It is sometimes identified as Gl 355 from the Gliese Catalogue; LQ Hydrae is the variable star designation, which is abbreviated LQ Hya.[14] The brightness of the star ranges from an apparent visual magnitude of 7.79 down to 7.86,[5] which is too faint to be readily visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements, this star is located at a distance of 59.6 light years from the Sun. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 7.6 km/s.[7]

LQ Hydrae

A visual band light curve for LQ Hydrae. The main plot (adapted from Berdyugina et al.[1]) shows the long-term variation, and the inset plot (adapted from Kiraga[2]) shows the periodic variation.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension 09h 32m 25.568s[3]
Declination −11° 11 04.69[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.82[4] (7.79 to 7.86)[5]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type K1Vp[6]
B−V color index 0.933±0.021[4]
Variable type BY Dra[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)7.58±0.27[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −248.040 mas/yr[3]
Dec.: 34.277 mas/yr[3]
Parallax (π)54.7362 ± 0.0244 mas[3]
Distance59.59 ± 0.03 ly
(18.269 ± 0.008 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)6.47[6]
Details
Mass0.81[8] M
Radius1.0[9] R
Luminosity0.282±0.001[3] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.57[8] cgs
Temperature4,812±39[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.32[8] dex
Rotation1.601[9] d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)25±2[10] km/s
AgeUnder 75[11] Myr
Other designations
LQ Hya, BD−10 2857, GC 13168, GJ 355, HD 82558, HIP 46816, SAO 155272, LTT 3510[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

During a 1981 survey of southern stars, W. P. Bidelman found the H and K lines of ionized calcium for LQ Hya were filled in with emission. (W. D. Heintz independently made the same observation.) In 1986, F. C. Fekel and associates determined this is a young, rapidly rotating BY Draconis-type variable.[13][15] A decade of photometry was used to determine a rotation period of 1.601136±0.000013 days (1 day, 14 hours, and 24 minutes) The star spots on the surface showed significant evolution over time scales of a few months. Variations in rotational modulation of surface activity suggested the star is undergoing differential rotation.[10]

The high lithium abundance and rapid rotation of this star indicate it is a zero age main sequence star, or possibly even a pre-main sequence star.[14] A strong flare event was observed on December 22, 1993, with an estimated energy release of ~5.7×1033 erg.[11] Additional flares were detected thereafter, with ROSAT X-ray data from 1992 showing a strong flare during that time period.[14] Observations from December 2000 and 2001 showed that the magnetic field of the star is dramatically changing its topology on a time frame of a year or less.[16]

The stellar classification of LQ Hya is K1Vp,[6] indicating it is a K-type main-sequence star with some peculiar features in the spectrum. In some respects it is considered an analog of a young Sun around the age of 60 million years.[1] It shows strong emission of ultraviolet and has been detected in the X-ray band, showing an X-ray emission of 8.8×1029 erg/s and indicating high chromospheric activity levels.[14] The star shows dual magnetic activity cycles with period of 6.8 and 11.4 years,[14] which are somewhat comparable to the solar cycle in the Sun.


References


  1. Berdyugina, S. V.; et al. (November 2002), "Magnetic activity in the young solar analog LQ Hydrae. I. Active longitudes and cycles", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 394 (2): 505–515, Bibcode:2002A&A...394..505B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021179.
  2. Kiraga, M. (March 2012). "ASAS Photometry of ROSAT Sources. I. Periodic Variable Stars Coincident with Bright Sources from the ROSAT All Sky Survey" (PDF). Acta Astronomica. 62 (1): 67–95. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  5. Samus', N. N; et al. (2017), "General catalogue of variable stars", Astronomy Reports, GCVS 5.1, 61 (1): 80, Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, S2CID 125853869.
  6. Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey, 5, Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
  7. Halbwachs, J. -L.; et al. (2018), "Multiplicity among solar-type stars. IV. The CORAVEL radial velocities and the spectroscopic orbits of nearby K dwarfs", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 619: A81, arXiv:1808.04605, Bibcode:2018A&A...619A..81H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833377, S2CID 119437322.
  8. Luck, R. Earle (March 2018), "Abundances in the Local Region. III. Southern F, G, and K Dwarfs", The Astronomical Journal, 155 (3): 31, Bibcode:2018AJ....155..111L, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaa9b5, 111.
  9. Strassmeier, Klaus G. (September 2009), "Starspots", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 17 (3): 251–308, Bibcode:2009A&ARv..17..251S, doi:10.1007/s00159-009-0020-6.
  10. Jetsu, L. (September 1993), "A decade of photometry of LQ Hydrae", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 276: 345–352, Bibcode:1993A&A...276..345J.
  11. Montes, D.; et al. (May 1999), "Optical and ultraviolet observations of a strong flare in the young, single K2 dwarf LQ Hya", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 305 (1): 45–60, arXiv:astro-ph/9811452, Bibcode:1999MNRAS.305...45M, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02373.x, S2CID 10033733.
  12. "LQ Hya", SIMBAD, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2022-02-23.
  13. Fekel, F. C.; et al. (November 1986), "Chromospherically active stars. II. HD 82558, a young single BY Draconis variable", Astronomical Journal, 92: 1150–1154, Bibcode:1986AJ.....92.1150F, doi:10.1086/114246.
  14. Covino, S.; et al. (June 2001), "Quiescent and flare analysis for the chromospherically active star Gl 355 (LQ Hya)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 371 (3): 973–985, arXiv:astro-ph/0103473, Bibcode:2001A&A...371..973C, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010454, S2CID 119518367.
  15. Fekel, F. C.; et al. (February 1986), "A Survey of Chromospherically Active Stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 60: 551, Bibcode:1986ApJS...60..551F, doi:10.1086/191097.
  16. McIvor, T.; et al. (December 2004), "The changing corona of LQ Hya", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 355 (4): 1066–1072, Bibcode:2004MNRAS.355.1066M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08391.x.

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