Maia (star)

Flamsteed name	20 tauri
Bonn survey	BD + 23 ° 516
Bright Star Catalog	HR 1149 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog	HD 23408 [2]
Hipparcos catalog	HIP 17573 [3]
SAO catalog	SAO 76155 [4]
Tycho catalog	TYC 1799-1439-1 [5]
2MASS catalog	2MASS J03454960 + 2422037 [6]
Other names	Maia, GC 4500, NSV 01279, WDS J03458 + 2422

Maia (meaning as "grandmother", "nurse", "The Big") is the proper name of the Plejaden belonging star 20 Tauri in the constellation Taurus .

properties

Maia has an apparent magnitude of +3.87 mag and belongs to the spectral class B8III. It is about 360 light years away from Earth ( Hipparcos database). According to measurements from the Gaia mission , the star is at a distance of 340 ± 30 light years away. That would make him one of the closest stars in the Pleiades.

As a variable star , the star belongs to the Alpha ² -Canum Venaticorum stars . It also belongs to the special star class of the mercury-manganese stars .

The star is also part of the Maia nebula NGC 1432 , a reflection nebula .

Coverings

Pleiades occlusion by the moon on August 7, 2007

Maia, like all stars of the Pleiades, can occasionally be covered by the moon .

The next temporary occultations are expected again from 2024.

mythology

Assembly of the gods on Mount Olympus : Hermes with Maia, detail of an Attic red-figure amphora by the Nikoxenus painter , around 500 BC Chr. , Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2304

Maia ( ancient Greek Μαῖα, Μαίας or Μαίη ) is one of the seven Pleiades in Greek mythology .

She is the daughter of the titans Atlas and Pleione and through Zeus becomes the mother of Hermes .

Web links

Commons : Maia - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 20 Tau. In: SIMBAD . Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , accessed January 27, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Bright Star Catalog
↑ ^a ^b NSV 1279. In: VSX. AAVSO, accessed July 21, 2018 .
↑ Pulkovo radial velocities for 35493 HIP stars
↑ ^a ^b ^c Hipparcos, the New Reduction (van Leeuwen, 2007)
↑ ^a ^b ^c TR White, BJS Pope, V. Antoci, PI Pápics, C. Aerts, DR Gies, K. Gordon, D. Huber, GH Schaefer, S. Aigrain, S. Albrecht, T. Barclay, G. Barentsen , PG Beck, TR Bedding, M. Fredslund Andersen, F. Grundahl, SB Howell, MJ Ireland, SJ Murphy, MB Nielsen, V. Silva Aguirre, PG Tuthill: Beyond the Kepler / K2 bright limit: Variability in the seven brightest members of the Pleiades . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 471, No. 3, 2017, pp. 2882–2901. arxiv : 1708.07462 . bibcode : 2017MNRAS.471.2882W . doi : 10.1093 / mnras / stx1050 .
^ Royer, F .; Grenier, S .; Baylac, M.-O .; Gomez, AE; Zorec, J. (2002). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i in the northern hemisphere" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics 393 (3): 897-911
↑ Messier 45 at SEDS

[Simbad-1] 20 Tau. In: SIMBAD . Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , accessed January 27, 2019 .

[hr-2] Bright Star Catalog

[VSX_Entry-3] NSV 1279. In: VSX. AAVSO, accessed July 21, 2018 .

[Pulkovo-4] Pulkovo radial velocities for 35493 HIP stars

[hip2-5] Hipparcos, the New Reduction (van Leeuwen, 2007)

[White2017-6] TR White, BJS Pope, V. Antoci, PI Pápics, C. Aerts, DR Gies, K. Gordon, D. Huber, GH Schaefer, S. Aigrain, S. Albrecht, T. Barclay, G. Barentsen , PG Beck, TR Bedding, M. Fredslund Andersen, F. Grundahl, SB Howell, MJ Ireland, SJ Murphy, MB Nielsen, V. Silva Aguirre, PG Tuthill: Beyond the Kepler / K2 bright limit: Variability in the seven brightest members of the Pleiades . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 471, No. 3, 2017, pp. 2882–2901. arxiv : 1708.07462 . bibcode : 2017MNRAS.471.2882W . doi : 10.1093 / mnras / stx1050 .

[rotation-7] Royer, F .; Grenier, S .; Baylac, M.-O .; Gomez, AE; Zorec, J. (2002). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i in the northern hemisphere" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics 393 (3): 897-911

[SEDS-8] Messier 45 at SEDS