V4199 Sagittarii

V4199 Sagittarii

A light curve for V4199 Sagittarii, plotted from Hipparcos data
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension 19h 21m 37.11363s
Declination −19° 14 04.0500
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.25
Characteristics
Spectral type B5III
B−V color index −0.091±0.004
Variable type SPB
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−23.3±7.4 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +3.135 mas/yr
Dec.: −12.136 mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.7371±0.0556 mas
Distance689 ± 8 ly
(211 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.63
Details
Mass4.2±0.3 M
Radius2.9±0.5 R
Luminosity316+82
−66
 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.16±0.20 cgs
Temperature14,700±700 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)6±4 km/s
Age48.9±21.6 Myr
Other designations
173 G. Sagittarii, BD−19°5412, HD 181558, HIP 95159, HR 7339, SAO 162511, WDS 19216-1914
Database references
SIMBADdata

V4199 Sagittarii is a variable star in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It is a dim star that is just visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that varies between 6.22 and 6.28 over a period of 1.23825 days. The star is located at a distance of approximately 689 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of roughly −23 km/s. It has an absolute magnitude of −0.63, on average.

The stellar classification of this star is B5III, matching a B-type giant star. In the Bright Star Catalogue it was listed as a main sequence star of class B5V, although the colors suggest a somewhat more evolved star. The photometric variability of this star was announced by C. Waelkens and F. Rufener in 1984. It is a multi-periodic slowly pulsating B star with a dominant frequency of 0.80780±0.00010 cycles/day. The star has four times the mass of the Sun and three times the Sun's radius. It is radiating ~316 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 14,700 K. A magnetic field has been detected on this star with a strength of −104±32 G.

It has a magnitude 9.96 companion star at an angular separation of 90.9 along a position angle of 310°, as of 2003.