HR 4098, also known as HD 90508, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Ursa Major at a distance of 75 light years. This object is barely visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.45. It is approaching the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 7.2±0.2 km/s.[3]

HR 4098
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 10h 28m 03.8821s[1]
Declination +48° 47′ 05.6554″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.45[2]
Characteristics
HD 90508A
Spectral type G0V[1]
Apparent magnitude (g) 6.28[3]
HD 90508B
Apparent magnitude (g) 11.72[4]
Astrometry
HD 90508A
Radial velocity (Rv)-7.2±0.2[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 83.79±0.03 mas/yr[3]
Dec.: -896.055±0.04 mas/yr[3]
Parallax (π)43.4944 ± 0.0386 mas[3]
Distance74.99 ± 0.07 ly
(22.99 ± 0.02 pc)
HD 90508B
Proper motion (μ) RA: 81.80±0.03 mas/yr[4]
Dec.: -880.66±0.03 mas/yr[4]
Parallax (π)43.4822 ± 0.0452 mas[4]
Distance75.01 ± 0.08 ly
(23.00 ± 0.02 pc)
Orbit[5]
PrimaryHD 90508A
CompanionHD 90508B
Period (P)590±208 yr
Semi-major axis (a)4.67±0.12"
(107 AU)
Eccentricity (e)0
Inclination (i)81.4±3.5°
Longitude of the node (Ω)16.5±1.9°
Periastron epoch (T)1958.6±16.8
Details[6]
HD 95508A
Mass0.86±0.03 M
Radius1.12±0.03 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.3±0.1 cgs
Temperature5720±100 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.23[7] dex
Rotation18.0±2.7 d[8]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.0[8] km/s
Age10.5±2[9] Gyr
HD 95508B
Mass0.25±0.01 M
Other designations
BD+49 1961, GJ 392, HD 90508, HIP 51248, HR 4098, WDS J10281+4847AB, GSC 08176-00283, 2MASS J10280388+4847067[1]
HD 90508A: Gliese 392A, TYC 8176-283-1, LHS 2267, LTT 12795, NLTT 24398, Gaia DR2 834571523535702528
HD 90508B: Gliese 392B, LHS 2266, NLTT 24397, Gaia DR2 834571523535693184
Database references
SIMBADdata

The star system is a visual binary with a 3.466″ projected separation,[10] identified as such in 1994–1997.[5][10] The orbit of the binary is wide and highly uncertain[10] due to the long period and high inclination.[5]

The larger star, HD 90508A, is a very old main-sequence star approaching a turn-off from the main sequence.[11] Very little dust remains in the stellar system, therefore the starlight of HR 4098 is one of the standards for non-polarized emission, polarization being below 0.2% in all bands.[12] Unlike the majority of G-class stars, HD 90508A has a direct correlation between brightness and stellar activity. This behavior is shared with HD 88986 and the Sun.[13]

Very little is known about the companion, which could be a K-class or M-class dwarf star.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "HD 90508". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Hall, Jeffrey C.; Lockwood, G. W.; Skiff, Brian A. (23 January 2007). "The Activity and Variability of the Sun and Sun-like Stars. I. Synoptic Ca II H and K Observations". The Astronomical Journal. 133 (3): 862–881. Bibcode:2007AJ....133..862H. doi:10.1086/510356. eISSN 1538-3881. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 121460023.
  3. ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  4. ^ a b c Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  5. ^ a b c Drummond, Jack D. (11 February 2014). "Binary Stars Observed with Adaptive Optics at the Starfire Optical Range". The Astronomical Journal. 147 (3): 65. Bibcode:2014AJ....147...65D. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/3/65. eISSN 1538-3881. ISSN 0004-6256.
  6. ^ a b Hirsch, Lea A.; Rosenthal, Lee; Fulton, Benjamin J.; Howard, Andrew W.; Ciardi, David R.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Nielsen, Eric; Petigura, Erik A.; de Rosa, Robert J.; Isaacson, Howard; Weiss, Lauren M.; Sinukoff, Evan; Macintosh, Bruce (22 February 2021). "Understanding the Impacts of Stellar Companions on Planet Formation and Evolution: A Survey of Stellar and Planetary Companions within 25 pc". The Astronomical Journal. 161 (3): 134. arXiv:2012.09190. Bibcode:2021AJ....161..134H. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abd639. eISSN 1538-3881. ISSN 0004-6256.
  7. ^ CLOSE BINARY MASS ANOMALIES AND METALLICITY
  8. ^ a b Justesen, A. B.; Albrecht, S. (2020), "The spin-orbit alignment of visual binaries", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 642: A212, arXiv:2008.12068, Bibcode:2020A&A...642A.212J, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039138, S2CID 221340982
  9. ^ Loyd, R. O. Parke; France, Kevin (2014), "Fluctuations and Flares in the Ultraviolet Line Emission of Cool Stars: Implications for Exoplanet Transit Observations", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 211 (1): 9, arXiv:1402.0073, Bibcode:2014ApJS..211....9L, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/211/1/9, S2CID 118394892
  10. ^ a b c CCD MEASUREMENTS OF DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE STARS AT NAO ROZHEN. III
  11. ^ ON THE AGE OF GLIESE 86
  12. ^ Goswami, A.; Karinkuzhi, D. (2012), "Polarimetric studies of carbon stars at high Galactic latitude", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549: A68, arXiv:1212.4276, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219911, S2CID 118393046
  13. ^ THE ACTIVITY AND VARIABILITY OF THE SUN AND SUN-LIKE STARS. II. CONTEMPORANEOUS PHOTOMETRY AND SPECTROSCOPY OF BRIGHT SOLAR ANALOGS