Astronomy:Omega2 Cygni

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Short description: Star in the constellation Cygnus


Omega2 Cygni
Location of ω2 Cygni (circled in red)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cygnus[1]
Right ascension  20h 31m 18.81655s[2]
Declination +49° 13′ 13.0638″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.5292±0.0013[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB[4]
Spectral type M2 III[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−64.15±0.20[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +8.959[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −32.092[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.1833 ± 0.0675[2] mas
Distance454 ± 4 ly
(139 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.00[1]
Details
Mass1.4[5] M☉
Radius45[6] R☉
Luminosity398[6] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.02[5] cgs
Temperature3,920[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.10[5] dex
Other designations
ω2 Cyg, 46 Cygni, BD+48°3154, HD 195774, HIP 101243, HR 7851, SAO 49741.[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Omega2 Cygni, Latinized from ω2 Cygni, is the Bayer designation for a solitary[8] star in the northern constellation of Cygnus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.5,[3] which is faintly visible to the naked eye on a dark night. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.18 mas,[2] it is located roughly 454 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.08 due to interstellar dust.[3]

This is a red giant star on the asymptotic giant branch, with a stellar classification of M2 III.[4] It is a suspected variable star, although the evidence is considered "doubtful or erroneous". If it does exist, the variability is small with an amplitude of 0.05 magnitude and a timescale of around 30 days.[9] There is a 58.3% chance that this star is a member of the Hercules stream.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A  XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Famaey, B. et al. (January 2005). "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics 430 (1): 165–186. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272. Bibcode: 2005A&A...430..165F. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun". Astronomical Journal 104 (1): 275–313. doi:10.1086/116239. Bibcode: 1992AJ....104..275E. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 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. Bibcode: 2024A&A...691A..98K. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fetherolf, Tara; Pepper, Joshua; Simpson, Emilie; Kane, Stephen R.; Močnik, Teo; English, John Edward; Antoci, Victoria; Huber, Daniel et al. (2023). "Variability Catalog of Stars Observed during the TESS Prime Mission". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 268 (1): 4. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/acdee5. Bibcode: 2023ApJS..268....4F. 
  7. ↑ "ome02 Cyg". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ome02+Cyg. 
  8. ↑ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869–879. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  9. ↑ Percy, John R.; Fleming, David E. B. (February 1992). "A photometric survey of suspected small-amplitude red variables". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 104: 96–100. doi:10.1086/132963. Bibcode: 1992PASP..104...96P.