Gliese 268

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Gliese 268
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A blue light light curve of a flare on Gliese 269. The intensity scale is relative to the star's quiescent brightness. Adapted from Pettersen (1975) [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000        Equinox J2000
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension 07h 10m 01.83458s [2]
Declination 38° 31 46.0672 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M5Ve + M5Ve [3]
U−B color index +1.18 [4]
B−V color index +1.71 [4]
Variable type RS CVn
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)41.792 ± 0.025 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: -437.44 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: -947.44 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)165.2147 ± 0.0636  mas [6]
Distance 19.741 ± 0.008  ly
(6.053 ± 0.002  pc)
Orbit [5]
Period (P)10.42672 ± 0.00006 d
Semi-major axis (a)0.1110 ± 0.0005″
Eccentricity (e)0.3203 ± 0.0009
Inclination (i)100.39 ± 0.03°
Longitude of the node (Ω)89.98 ± 0.07°
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
211.98 ± 0.19°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
34.814 ± 0.036 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
40.874 ± 0.052 km/s
Details [5]
Gliese 268 A
Mass 0.22599(65)  M
Gliese 268 B
Mass 0.19248(56)  M
Other designations
QY Aur, GJ  268, HIP  34603, G 87-26, G 07-51, LFT  512, LHS  226, LTT  11987, Ross  986, TYC  2944-1956-1 [3]
Database references
SIMBAD data
ARICNS data
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Gliese 268
Location of Gliese 268 in the constellation Auriga

Gliese 268 (QY Aurigae) is a RS Canum Venaticorum variable (RS CVn) star in the Auriga constellation. RS CVn variables are binary star systems with a strong magnetic field influenced by each star's rotation, which is accelerated by the tidal effects of the other star in the system. [7] Gliese 268 in particular is composed of a binary system of two M-type dwarfs, or red dwarfs, and is one of the one hundred closest star systems to the Earth. The primary component of the system has an apparent magnitude of 12.05, and the secondary component an apparent magnitude of 12.45.[ citation needed ] Neither is visible to the naked eye from Earth. [8]

In 1975, Bjørn Ragnvald Pettersen discovered that Gliese 268 is a flare star. [1] It received its variable star designation, QY Aurigae, in 1977. [9]

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