Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...447l..41l&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Letters v.447, p.L41
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
42
Stars: Early-Type, Stars: Evolution, Stars: Fundamental Parameters, Stars: Individual Constellation Name: Beta Pictoris, Stars: Pre-Main-Sequence
Scientific paper
We have reevaluated the basic parameters and age of the A5 IV--V star, beta Pictoris, making use of new observations obtained by the Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope and using modern methods of atmospheric modeling and spectral synthesis. We derive stellar parameters appropriate to its spectral type (Teff = 8200 +/- 150 K, log g = 4.25 +/- 0.1) including a normal (solar) metallicity. When dated by comparison with current evolutionary tracks, we find that (1) the star is apparently "underluminous"---a situation we attribute to (gray) extinction by the disk---and (2) the star is either a pre--main-sequence (PMS) star nearing the zero-age main sequence (ZAMS), or it is a main-sequence star older than 0.3 Gyr. Given the apparent youth of the disk as inferred from its high density, we judge the PMS interpretation as most likely.
Heap Sara R.
Hubeny Ivan
Lanz Thierry
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