Astronomy:IZ Aquarii

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Short description: Star in the constellation Aquarius
IZ Aquarii
IZAqrLightCurve.png
A light curve for IZ Aquarii, plotted from Hipparcos data[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension  21h 34m 42.768123s[2]
Declination +01° 49′ 44.95678″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.41[3] (6.23 - 6.47)[4]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4 III[5]
B−V color index 1.398±0.015[3]
Variable type irregular variable
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−20.48±0.26[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +13.153[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −8.518[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.4739 ± 0.2458[2] mas
Distance940 ± 70 ly
(290 ± 20 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.75[3]
Details[3]
Radius44.4 R
Luminosity390.92 L
Temperature3303 K
Other designations
IZ Aqr, BD+01° 4503, FK5 5868, GC 30209, HD 205358, HIP 106544, SAO 126901, PPM 171943, TYC 542-105-1, GSC 00542-00105, IRAS 21321+0136, 2MASS J21344276+0149447[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

IZ Aquarii is a red giant star in the constellation Aquarius. It is a slow irregular variable that varies between magnitudes 6.23 and 6.47.[4]

References

  1. "/ftp/cats/more/HIP/cdroms/cats". Strasbourg astronomical Data Center. https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/ftp-index?/ftp/cats/more/HIP/cdroms/cats. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "IZ Aquarii". The International Variable Star Index. American Association of Variable Star Observers. http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1088. 
  5. Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars, Vol. 5". Michigan Spectral Survey 05: 0. Bibcode1999MSS...C05....0H. 
  6. "HD 205358". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+205358.