LP_816-60

LP 816-60

LP 816-60

Star in the constellation Capricornus

LP 816-60 is a single[3] red dwarf star of spectral type M4, located in constellation Capricornus at 18.6 light-years from Earth.[1]

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History of observations

The discovery name of this star is LP 816-60,[12] which indicates that its discovery was published between 1963 and 1981 in University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.[13]

LP 816-60 is known at least from 1979, when it was included to Luyten's catalogue NLTT.[10]

Physical properties

No massive planets were detected around LP 816-60 as in 2013.[3] The star has a magnetic starspot cycle of 10.6±1.7 years,[9] and weak magnetic fields in chromosphere averaging 4.4 G.[14]

References

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    Perryman; et al. (1997). "HIP 103039". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
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    Koen, C.; Kilkenny, D.; van Wyk, F.; Marang, F. (2010). "UBV(RI)C JHK observations of Hipparcos-selected nearby stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 403 (4): 1949–1968. Bibcode:2010MNRAS.403.1949K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16182.x.
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    Mann, Andrew W.; Feiden, Gregory A.; Gaidos, Eric; Boyajian, Tabetha; Braun, Kaspar von (2015), "How to Constrain Your M Dwarf: Measuring Effective Temperature, Bolometric Luminosity, Mass, and Radius", The Astrophysical Journal, 804 (1): 64, arXiv:1501.01635, Bibcode:2015ApJ...804...64M, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/64, S2CID 19269312
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    Hojjatpanah, S.; Figueira, P.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V.; Sousa, S. G.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Alibert, Y.; Cristiani, S.; González Hernández, J. I.; Lanza, A. F.; Di Marcantonio, P.; Martins, J. H. C.; Micela, G.; Molaro, P.; Neves, V.; Oshagh, M.; Pepe, F.; Poretti, E.; Rojas-Ayala, B.; Rebolo, R.; Suárez Mascareño, A.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R. (2019), "Catalog for the ESPRESSO blind radial velocity exoplanet survey", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 629: A80, arXiv:1908.04627, Bibcode:2019A&A...629A..80H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834729, S2CID 199552090
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    Antoniadis-Karnavas, A.; Sousa, S. G.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Santos, N. C.; Teixeira, G. D. C.; Neves, V. (2020), "ODUSSEAS: A machine learning tool to derive effective temperature and metallicity for M dwarf stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 636: A9, arXiv:2002.09367, Bibcode:2020A&A...636A...9A, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201937194, S2CID 211252698
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    Suárez Mascareño, A.; Rebolo, R.; González Hernández, J. I. (2016), "Magnetic cycles and rotation periods of late-type stars from photometric time series", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 595: A12, arXiv:1607.03049, Bibcode:2016A&A...595A..12S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628586, S2CID 118555782
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    Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "NLTT 50038". NLTT Catalogue.
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    Perryman; et al. (1997). "HIP 103039". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  12. [12]
    Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Cushing, Michael C.; Mace, Gregory N.; Griffith, Roger L.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; Wright, Edward L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; McLean, Ian S.; Mainzer, Amy K.; Burgasser, Adam J.; Tinney, Chris G.; Parker, Stephen; Salter, Graeme (2012). "Further Defining Spectral Type "Y" and Exploring the Low-mass End of the Field Brown Dwarf Mass Function". The Astrophysical Journal. 753 (2): 156. arXiv:1205.2122. Bibcode:2012ApJ...753..156K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/156. S2CID 119279752.
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    Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects. LP entry. SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
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    Moutou, C.; Hébrard, E. M.; Morin, J.; Malo, L.; Fouqué, P.; Torres-Rivas, A.; Martioli, E.; Delfosse, X.; Artigau, E.; Doyon, R. (2017), "SPIRou input catalogue: Activity, rotation and magnetic field of cool dwarfs", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472 (4): 4563–4586, arXiv:1709.01650, Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.4563M, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2306
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