10 Lacertae

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10 Lacertae

Location of 10 Lac (circled)
Observation data
Epoch {{{epoch}}}      Equinox
Constellation Lacerta
Right ascension 22h 39m 15.67864s[1]
Declination +39° 03′ 00.9712″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.880[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type O9V[3]
U−B color index −1.010[2]
B−V color index −0.210[2]
Variable type β Cep?[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) −10.10[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −0.32[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −5.46[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π) 1.89 ± 0.22[1] mas
Distance 715[6] pc
Absolute magnitude (MV) −4.40[7]
Details[7]
Mass 26.9 M
Radius 8.27 R
Luminosity 102,000 L
Surface gravity (log g) 4.03 cgs
Temperature 36,000 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i) 35 km/s
Other designations
10 Lac, HR 8522, BD+38°4826, HD 214680, SAO 72575, HIP 111841, NSV 25932, WDS J22393+3903
Database references
SIMBAD data

10 Lacertae (10 Lac) is a star in the constellation Lacerta. With an apparent magnitude is 4.9, it is located around 700 parsecs (2,300 ly) distant in the small Lacerta OB1 association. It is a hot blue main-sequence star of spectral type O9V, a massive star that is currently fusing its core hydrogen. It is a suspected Beta Cephei variable star.

10 Lacertae was one of the first O-type stars (along with S Monocerotis) to be defined as an anchor point for the MKK spectral classification; since the early twentieth century it has served as such a point. Specifically, the star is representative of O9V stars, meaning relatively cool O-type stars on the main-sequence.[8]

10 Lacertae has an 8th magnitude companion about one arc-minute away.[9]

References

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