BD_+17°_3248

BD+17°3248

BD+17°3248

Star in the constellation Hercules

BD+17°3248 is an old Population II star located at a distance of roughly 968 light-years (297 parsecs) in the Galactic Halo. It belongs to the class of ultra-metal-poor stars,[5] especially the very rare subclass of neutron-capture (r-process) enhanced stars.

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000, Constellation ...

Since about 2000, this star had been studied with 3 telescopes: a) the Hubble Space Telescope, b) the Keck I telescope and c) the Harlan J. Smith Telescope at the McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas. Elemental abundances in the range from germanium (Z=32) up to uranium (Z=92) were determined. The Hubble Space Telescope was used to observe the ultraviolet part of the stellar spectra. This allowed the measurement of platinum, osmium and, for the first time outside of the Solar System, gold. From barium (Z=56) onward, all elements show a pattern of r-process contribution to the abundances of the elements in the Solar system.[5]

The University of Mainz and University of Basel groups of Karl-Ludwig Kratz and Friedrich-Karl Thielemann performed a comparison between the observed abundances for the stable element europium (Z=63) and the radioactive elements thorium (Z=90) and uranium (Z=92) to the calculated abundances of an r-process in a Type II supernova explosion. This allowed the age of this star to be estimated as about 13.8 billion years with an uncertainty of 4 billion years. A similar age was derived for another ultra-metal-poor star (CS31082-001) from thorium to uranium ratios. These stars were born several hundred million years after the Big Bang.[5]

References

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    Bonifacio; et al. (July 2009), "First stars XII. Abundances in extremely metal-poor turnoff stars, and comparison with the giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 501 (2): 519–530, arXiv:0903.4174, Bibcode:2009A&A...501..519B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810610, S2CID 119164253
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    Cowan, John J.; et al. (June 2002), "The Chemical Composition and Age of the Metal-poor Halo Star BD +17°3248", The Astrophysical Journal, 572 (2): 861–879, arXiv:astro-ph/0202429, Bibcode:2002ApJ...572..861C, doi:10.1086/340347, S2CID 119503888
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    Burris, Debra L.; et al. (November 2000), "Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy: Insights from a Large Sample of Metal-poor Giants", The Astrophysical Journal, 544 (1): 302–319, arXiv:astro-ph/0005188, Bibcode:2000ApJ...544..302B, doi:10.1086/317172, S2CID 33015452
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