Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jun 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...392..710g&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 392, no. 2, June 20, 1992, p. 710-714. Research supported by University of
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Main Sequence Stars, Open Clusters, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass, Stellar Parallax, Astronomical Catalogs, Dwarf Stars, Stellar Magnitude
Scientific paper
The trigonometric parallax, mass, and mass ratio of 51 Tauri, a binary member of the Hyades star cluster, are determined. The parallax solution, 19.4 mas with a standard error of 1.1 mas, is slightly greater than its generally accepted value and yields a cluster distance of 4.30 +/-2.0 pc or a distance modulus equivalent of 3.16 +/- 0.10 mag, in excellent agreement with recent photographic parallax results. The weighted mean of all trigonometric parallax determinations of the cluster is now 22.9 +/-0.6 mas or a modulus of 3.20 +/- 0.06 mag. The total mass of the 51 Tauri system was found to be 2.56 +/- 0.44 solar masses. Adopting a magnitude difference in line with the spectral types of the components yields individual masses of 1.61 +/- 0.28 and 0.95 +/- 0.18 solar masses. This result places the mass of both the A8 V primary and the G0 secondary stars within the errors of the measurement of the mass-luminosity relation established for solar-neighborhood main-sequence stars.
Castelaz Michael
de Jonge Joost K.
Gatewood George
Persinger Timothy
Stein John
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