Astronomy:NU Pavonis

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Short description: Red giant star in the constellation Pavo
NU Pavonis
Location of NU Pavonis (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Pavo[1]
Right ascension  20h 01m 44.74541s[1]
Declination −59° 22′ 33.2173″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.91 – 5.26[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB[3]
Spectral type M6 III[4]
B−V color index 1.356±0.011[1]
Variable type SRb[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−10.3±2.8[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +20.22[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −27.05[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.86 ± 0.26[1] mas
Distance480 ± 20 ly
(146 ± 6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.86[1]
Details
Mass3.7[6] M
Radius204±29[7] R
Luminosity5,720±960[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)0.87[8] cgs
Temperature3,516±275[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.28[6] dex
Other designations
NU Pav, CD−59°7361, FK5 3598, HD 189124, HIP 98608, HR 7625, SAO 246389[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

NU Pavonis (N-U, not "nu") is a variable star in the southern constellation of Pavo. With an apparent visual magnitude of about 5, it is a faint star but visible to the naked eye. The distance to NU Pav, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 6.9 mas[1] as seen from Earth's orbit, is around 480 light years. It is moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s.[5]

A visual band light curve for NU Pavonis, plotted from data published by Tabur et al. (2009)[10]

This is an aging red giant with a stellar classification of M6 III,[4] currently on the asymptotic giant branch. Peter M. Corben listed HR 7625 as a possible variable star in 1971.[11] It was given its variable star designation, NU Pavonis, in 1973.[12] It is a semiregular variable star of sub-type SRb that ranges in magnitude from 4.91 down to 5.26 with a period of 60 days.[7] The star has expanded to 204 times the Sun's radius[7] and is radiating 7,412 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere[1] at an effective temperature of 3,516 K.[7]

Far-ultraviolet emission has been detected from the position of this star, which may be coming from a companion star.[8]

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A  XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Samus', N. N; Kazarovets, E. V; Durlevich, O. V; Kireeva, N. N; Pastukhova, E. N (2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports 61 (1): 80. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. Bibcode2017ARep...61...80S. 
  3. Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars Near the Sun". The Astronomical Journal 104: 275. doi:10.1086/116239. Bibcode1992AJ....104..275E. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Houk, Nancy; Cowley, A. P. (1979). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. 1. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan. Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Khalatyan, A.; Anders, F.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B. A.; Nepal, S.; Dal Ponte, M.; Jordi, C.; Guiglion, G. et al. (2024). "Transferring spectroscopic stellar labels to 217 million Gaia DR3 XP stars with SHBoost". Astronomy and Astrophysics 691: A98. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451427. Bibcode2024A&A...691A..98K. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Arroyo-Torres, B. et al. (June 2014). "VLTI/AMBER observations of cold giant stars: atmospheric structures and fundamental parameters". Astronomy & Astrophysics 566: 11. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201323264. A88. Bibcode2014A&A...566A..88A. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Ortiz, Roberto; Guerrero, Martín A. (2016). "Ultraviolet emission from main-sequence companions of AGB stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 461 (3): 3036. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1547. Bibcode2016MNRAS.461.3036O. 
  9. "NU Pav". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NU+Pav. 
  10. Tabur, V.; Bedding, T. R.; Kiss, L. L.; Moon, T. T.; Szeidl, B.; Kjeldsen, H. (December 2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 400 (4): 1945–1961. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x. Bibcode2009MNRAS.400.1945T. 
  11. Corben, P. M. (1971). "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars". Monthly Notes of the Astron. Soc. Southern Africa 30: 37–50. Bibcode1971MNSSA..30...37C. 
  12. Kukarkin, B. V.; Kholopov, P. N.; Kukarkina, N. P.; Perova, N. B. (October 1973). "59th Name-List of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 834: 1–22. Bibcode1973IBVS..834....1K. https://ibvs.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/0801/0834.pdf. Retrieved 14 December 2024.