L1551 IRS 5 is a protostellar envelope surrounding a binary protostar system in the constellation of Taurus 450 light-years from Earth. The binary system itself is known as L1551 NE,[4] and each star is surrounded by protoplanetary disk.[5] The system is one of Jim Kaler's The 100 greatest stars.[6]
 HH 154 in mid-infrared around L1551 IRS 5 (bright red star in the middle) and L1551 NE (less bright red star to the left) Credit: NASA Spitzer Space Telescope | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Right ascension | 04h 31m 34.077s[1] |
| Declination | 18° 08′ 04.90″[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K3V/M3III[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Distance | 450 ly (140[3] pc) |
| Details | |
| A | |
| Mass | 0.68[3] M☉ |
| Radius | 4[3] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 4.2[3] L☉ |
| B | |
| Mass | 0.13[3] M☉ |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
The binary is surrounded by a complex, gas-rich protoplanetary disk system.[5]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North protoplanetary disk | 13.3±3.5 AU | 35±14° | — | |||
| South protoplanetary disk | 14.0±5.0 AU | 45±15° | — | |||
| Circumbinary protoplanetary disk | 141.9±7.4 AU | 61.5±1.7° | — | |||
References
edit- ^ a b Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Huchra, John P.; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Light, Robert M.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Stiening, Rae; Sykes, Matthew J.; Weinberg, Martin D.; Wheaton, William A.; Wheelock, Sherry L.; Zacarias, N. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2246: II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
- ^ Gramajo, Luciana V.; Rodón, Javier A.; Gómez, Mercedes (2014). "Spectral Energy Distribution Analysis of Class I and Class II FU Orionis Stars". The Astronomical Journal. 147 (6): 140. arXiv:1402.3240. Bibcode:2014AJ....147..140G. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/140. S2CID 121971148.
- ^ a b c d e Takakuwa, Shigehisa; Saigo, Kazuya; Matsumoto, Tomoaki; Saito, Masao; Lim, Jeremy; Hanawa, Tomoyuki; Yen, Hsi-Wei; Ho, Paul T. P. (2017). "Spiral Arms, Infall, and Misalignment of the Circumbinary Disk from the Circumstellar Disks in the Protostellar Binary System L1551 NE". The Astrophysical Journal. 837 (1): 86. arXiv:1702.05562. Bibcode:2017ApJ...837...86T. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa6116. S2CID 119186924.
- ^ Takakuwa, Shigehisa; Kiyokane, Kazuhiro; Saigo, Kazuya; Saito, Masao (2015). "Dispersing Envelope around the Keplerian Circumbinary Disk in L1551 NE and Its Implications for Binary Growth". The Astrophysical Journal. 814 (2): 160. arXiv:1510.08353. Bibcode:2015ApJ...814..160T. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/160. S2CID 119258719.
- ^ a b c Cruz-Sáenz De Miera, Fernando; Kóspál, Ágnes; Ábrahám, Péter; Liu, Hauyu Baobab; Takami, Michihiro (2019), "Resolved ALMA Continuum Image of the Circumbinary Ring and Circumstellar Disks in the L1551 IRS 5 System", The Astrophysical Journal, 882 (1): L4, arXiv:1908.04649, Bibcode:2019ApJ...882L...4C, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab39ea, S2CID 199552023
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Stars".
- ^ Cody, Ann Marie; Hillenbrand, Lynne A.; Rebull, Luisa M. (May 2022). "The Many-faceted Light Curves of Young Disk-bearing Stars in Taurus as Seen by K2". The Astronomical Journal. 153 (5): 212. arXiv:2204.06646. Bibcode:2022AJ....163..212C. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac5b73.
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