V1339 Aquilae

V1339 Aquilae

A light curve for V1339 Aquilae, plotted from Hipparcos data
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquila
Right ascension 19h 50m 17.47881s
Declination +07° 54′ 08.6936″
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.22 to 6.53
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type B2.5IVe
U−B color index −0.7
B−V color index −0.1
Variable type Be star
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−30.10±5 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.753±0.033 mas/yr
Dec.: −3.171±0.025 mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.5275±0.0369 mas
Distance2,140 ± 50 ly
(650 ± 20 pc)
Details
Mass9.5 M
Radius4.64 R
Luminosity6,281 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.08 cgs
Temperature23,848 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)140 km/s
Age23 Myr
Other designations
BD+07°4252, HD 187567, HIP 97607, HR 7554, SAO 125116
Database references
SIMBADdata

V1339 Aquilae, also known as HD 187567, is a Be star in the constellation Aquila. At its brightest its apparent magnitude is 6.22, making it barely visible to the naked eye at a location with very little light pollution. It is located just 8 arc seconds from the center of the open cluster NGC 6828.

V1339 Aquilae was discovered to be a Be star in 1925 by P. W. Merrill, M. L. Humason and C. G. Burwell. The star's variability was detected in 1966 by A. W. J. Cousins, R. Lake and R. H. Stoy, and because of this it was given its variable star designation, V1339 Aquilae, in 1979.

V1339 Aquilae is around 9.5 times as massive as the Sun and has 4.6 times its diameter. Its binary nature was discovered by speckle interferometry in 1983, at the Kitt Peak 4 meter telescope. At the time of these speckle observations the stars were separated by 0.057 arc seconds.