Astronomy:PU Aurigae
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Short description: Star in the constellation Auriga
Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Auriga |
Right ascension | 05h 18m 15.69826s[2] |
Declination | +42° 47′ 31.6133″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.55[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M4 III[3] |
B−V color index | 1.492±0.012[3] |
Variable type | Lb[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −38.41±1.02[3] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +17.98[5] mas/yr Dec.: −30.61[5] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 5.7462 ± 0.2309[2] mas |
Distance | 570 ± 20 ly (174 ± 7 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.63[3] |
Details | |
Luminosity | 1,523[6] L☉ |
Temperature | 3,482[6] K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
PU Aurigae is an irregular variable star located in the constellation Auriga. A red giant, it varies by 0.1 magnitude around magnitude 5.64.[8] Located around 560 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity approximately 1,523 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3,482 K.[6]
References
- ↑ "Hipparcos Tools Interactive Data Access". ESA. https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hipparcos/interactive-data-access.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ Samus, N. N. et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S 1. Bibcode: 2009yCat....102025S.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427..343M.
- ↑ "HD 34269". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+34269.
- ↑ Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "PU Aurigae". The International Variable Star Index. American Association of Variable Star Observers. http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=4081.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PU Aurigae.
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