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QQ Telescopii
Location of QQ Telescopii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Telescopium
Right ascension 19h 39m 41.77938s[1]
Declination −45° 16′ 42.7871″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.25[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2 IV[3] or F0 III:[4]
B−V color index +0.28[2]
Variable type δ Scuti[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)7.8±1.5[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −22.160 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: +5.375 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)9.8017 ± 0.0327 mas[1]
Distance333 ± 1 ly
(102.0 ± 0.3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.01[7]
Details
Mass1.68[8] M
Radius3.19±0.16[9] R
Luminosity26.1±0.2[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.73±0.12[10] cgs
Temperature7,380±136[11] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.07±0.15[12] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)45±5[13] km/s
Age995+121
−120
[1] Myr
Other designations
66 G. Telescopii[14], QQ Tel, CD−45°13354, CPD−45°9764, GC 27167, HD 185139, HIP 96721, HR 7461, SAO 229800[15]
Database references
SIMBADdata

QQ Telescopii, also known as HD 185139 or simply QQ Tel, is a solitary variable star located in the southern constellation Telescopium. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.25,[2] placing it near the limit for naked eye visibility, even under ideal conditions. Gaia DR3 parallax measurements imply a distance of 333 light years[1] and it is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 7.8 km/s.[6] At its current distance, QQ Telescopii's brightness is diminished by two tenths of a magnitude due to interstellar dust[16] and it has an absolute magnitude of +1.01.[7]

A light curve for QQ Telescopii, plotted from TESS data[17]

HD 185139 was discovered to be a δ Scuti variable in 1982 by Debora W. Kurtz along with HR 151 (BG Ceti).[18] After a few years of subsequent observations, it was given the variable designation QQ Telescopii in 1985.[19] In 2002, C. Koen and colleagues attempted to identify the pulsation modes of the star.[13] The brightness of QQ Tel fluctuates by about 0.05 magnitudes in the blue passband within 1.56 hours.[5]

QQ Telescopii has a stellar classification of F2 IV,[3] indicating that it is a slightly evolved F-type subgiant. It was previously classified as kA6mF0 III[20] and A0pSr(CrSi),[21] indicating that it is either a chemically peculiar Ap star or Am star. However, Renson & Manfroid (2009) considers its chemical peculiarity to be doubtful.[22] Andersen & Nordstöm (1978) give it a class of F0 III:,[4] indicating that it is an evolved F-type giant star with uncertainty about the luminosity class. Evolutionary models place it very close to the end of its main sequence life.[1]

With 1.68 times the mass of the Sun[8] and an enlarged radius 3.19 times that of the Sun,[9] QQ Telescopii radiates 26.1 times the luminosity of the Sun[1] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,380 K,[11] giving it a yellowish-white hue. It is slightly metal enriched at [Fe/H] = +0.07[12] but the value is poorly constrained. The star is estimated to be 995 million years old[1] and it spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 45 km/s.[13]

References

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