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1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5
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Quintuple star system in the constellation Ursa Major
File:1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5 DSS.png J2000 Ursa MajorTIC 318210930 A 09 30 10.7410 +53 38 59.825 9.84 B 09 30 10.9127 +53 38 58.356 10.98
A K1V + K5V Algol B K3V + K3V W UMa
A 12.24 0.17 78 3 78 pc ly number 3 pc ly number B −0.737 −12.997 14.2625 0.0165
Aa Ab 31.333 hours 5.762 0.010 solar radius 88.2 0.3 0
Ba Bb 5.465 hours 1.665 0.012 solar radius 86 4 0
J093010Aa 0.837 0.008 0.832 0.018 commas 5185 +25 −20 4.52 J093010Ab 0.674 0.007 0.669 0.018 commas 4325 +20 −15 4.62
y J093010Ba 0.86 0.02 0.79 0.04 commas 4700 50 4.58 0.261 0.012n1 J093010Bb 0.341 0.011 0.52 0.05 commas 4700 50 4.53 0.112 0.005n1
RX J0930.1+5339 J09302+5339 Simbad assigns the 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5 designation to component B, but various sources make clear it applies to the whole "system" of four or five stars. Similarly, the designation 1SWASP J093012.84+533859.6 is also given to component B, but actually applies to an 18th-magnitude star 18" away. A V441 UMa 3807-759-1 B V442 UMa 3807-759-2
TIC+318210930 V441+UMa A V442+UMa B
1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5 (abbreviated as J093010), also known as V441 Ursae Majoris and V442 Ursae Majoris, is a quintuple star system located in the constellation Ursa Major. 10.1088/0004-6256/147/5/104 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5: A Possible Hierarchical Quintuple System 2014 Koo Jae-Rim Lee Jae Woo Lee Byeong-Cheol Kim Seung-Lee Lee Chung-Uk Hong Kyeongsoo Lee Dong-Joo Rey Soo-Chang The Astronomical Journal 147 5 104 1402.4575 2014AJ....147..104KLohr M. E. Norton A. J. Gillen E. Busuttil R. June 12, 2015 The doubly eclipsing quintuple low-mass star system 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5 Astronomy & Astrophysics 578 A103 10.1051/0004-6361/201525973 1504.07065 2015A&A...578A.103L The star system is located approximately 250 light-years from Earth, and was discovered using data from the "Super Wide Angle Search for Planets" (SuperWASP) project in the Canary Islands.
Description
1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5 consists of two pairs of stars, designated J093010A and J093010B respectively, as well as a fifth star. The first pair of stars, J093010A, is a detached eclipsing binary (an Algol variable). The two stars within J093010A orbit with a period of about 1.3 days and are separated by about 5.8 solar radii. The second pair of stars, J093010B is a W Ursae Majoris variable; in this pair the two stars are so close as to be touching each other. The two stars within J093010B take about 5.5 hours (0.2277 days) to orbit each other.Gazeas K. July 2015 Disentangling the Quadruple System 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5 Living Together: Planets 496 112 2015ASPC..496..112G
The two pairs J093010A and J093010B are separated by about 1.89 arcseconds, so the separation between the two pairs is likely about 130 astronomical units. The fifth star was detected based on stationary spectral lines coming from the direction of 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5. The fifth star likely orbits J093010A at a further distance than the eclipsing binary.
Variability
J093010A is a detached (Algol-type) eclipsing binary. Its magnitude drops from a maximum of 9.44 to a primary minimum of 9.75 and a secondary minimum of 9.58 every 1.31 days. It has been given the variable star designation V441 Ursae Majoris.
J093010B is a contact (W UMa-type) eclipsing binary. Its magnitude drops by 0.28 magnitudes at the primary eclipse and 0.25 magnitudes during the secondary eclipse from a maximum magnitude of 10.55. The period is 0.23 days. It has been given the variable star designation V442 Ursae Majoris.
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A light curve for V441 Ursae Majoris (J093010A), adapted from Lohr et al. (2015). The maximum brightness is the combined light of all 5 stars.
File:V442UMaLightCurve.png
A light curve for V442 Ursae Majoris (J093010B), adapted from Lohr et al. (2015). The maximum brightness is the combined light of all 5 stars.
See also
V1400 Centauri
Notes
n1 Calculated from absolute bolometric magnitude of 6.20 0.05 and 7.12 0.05 for J093010Ba and Bb, respectively, using the following formula:
where L☉ is the Sun's bolometric luminosity, L★ is the star's bolometric luminosity, Mbol,☉ is the bolometric magnitude of the Sun, Mbol,★ is the bolometric magnitude of the star.
References
TIC+318210930 2025-07-07
V441+UMa 2025-07-07
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Category:Wide Angle Search for Planets
Category:Ursa Major
Category:Algol variables
Category:W Ursae Majoris variables
Ursae Majoris, V442
Category:K1V stars
Category:K3V stars
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