R Cancri
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| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Right ascension | 08h 16m 33.82673s[2] |
| Declination | +11° 43′ 34.4691″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.07 - 12.3[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | M6e-M9e[3] |
| U−B color index | 0.49[4] |
| B−V color index | 1.53[4] |
| Variable type | Mira[3] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 35.42 ± 0.52[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 0.635±0.195[2] mas/yr Dec.: −10.785±0.106[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.9375 ± 0.1792 mas[2] |
| Distance | 854+36 −39 ly (262+11 −12 pc)[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.67[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 371±37[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 5,700[8][a] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | −0.608[7] cgs |
| Temperature | 2,604±300[8] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.29[7] dex |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
R Cancri is a Mira variable in the constellation Cancer. Located approximately 250 parsecs (830 ly) distant, it varies between magnitudes 6.07 and 12.3 over a period of approximately 357 days.[3] At its brightest, it is very faintly visible to the naked eye.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Calculated using the given radius and temperature by the Stefan-Boltzmann law.
References
[edit]- ^ "Download Data". aavso.org. AAVSO. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c d VSX; Otero, S. A. (7 January 2011). "R Cancri". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 26 Jan 2021.
- ^ a b Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237: 0. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
- ^ Famaey, B.; Jorissen, A.; Luri, X.; Mayor, M.; Udry, S.; Dejonghe, H.; Turon, C. (2005). "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 430 (165): 165–186. arXiv:astro-ph/0409579. Bibcode:2005A&A...430..165F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272. S2CID 17804304.
- ^ Bailer-Jones, C. A. L.; Rybizki, J.; Fouesneau, M.; Demleitner, M.; Andrae, R. (2021-03-01). "Estimating distances from parallaxes. V: Geometric and photogeometric distances to 1.47 billion stars in Gaia Early Data Release 3". The Astronomical Journal. 161 (3): 147. arXiv:2012.05220. Bibcode:2021AJ....161..147B. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abd806. ISSN 0004-6256. Data about this star can be seen here.
- ^ a b c Anders, F.; Khalatyan, A.; Queiroz, A. B. A.; Chiappini, C.; Ardèvol, J.; Casamiquela, L.; Figueras, F.; Jiménez-Arranz, Ó.; Jordi, C.; Monguió, M.; Romero-Gómez, M.; Altamirano, D.; Antoja, T.; Assaad, R.; Cantat-Gaudin, T. (2022-02-01). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia EDR3 stars brighter than G = 18.5". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 658: A91. arXiv:2111.01860. Bibcode:2022A&A...658A..91A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142369. ISSN 0004-6361. Database at VizieR.
- ^ a b c Karovicova, I.; Wittkowski, M.; Ohnaka, K.; Boboltz, D. A.; Fossat, E.; Scholz, M. (2013-12-01). "New insights into the dust formation of oxygen-rich AGB stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 560: A75. arXiv:1310.1924. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322376. ISSN 0004-6361.
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