Astronomy:R Serpentis

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Short description: Variable star in the constellation Serpens
R Serpentis
RSerLightCurve.png
The visual band light curve of R Serpentis, from AAVSO data[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension  15h 50m 41.73245s[2]
Declination +15° 08′ 01.0810″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.70[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M5-8e[4]
B−V color index 1.500±0.510[3]
Variable type Mira[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)23.8±0.8[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +2.387[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −36.699[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.5110 ± 0.2966[2] mas
Distance930 ± 80 ly
(280 ± 20 pc)
Details
Radius~380[7] R
Luminosity1,704.70[8] L
Temperature2,780±80[9] K
Other designations
R Ser, BD+15° 2918, HD 141850, HIP 77615, HR 5894, SAO 101771[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

R Serpentis is a Mira variable type star in the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It ranges between apparent magnitude 5.16 and 14.4, and spectral types M5e to M8e, over a period of 356.41 days.[5][11] The variability of this star was discovered in 1826 by Karl Ludwig Harding.[12]

References

  1. "Download Data". AAVSO. https://www.aavso.org/data-download. 
  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 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  4. Keenan, Philip C. et al. (1974), "Revised Catalog of Spectra of Mira Variables of Types ME and Se", Astrophysical Journal Supplement 28: 271, doi:10.1086/190318, Bibcode1974ApJS...28..271K. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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. 
  6. Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  7. Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics 367: 521–524, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  8. McDonald, I. et al. (2012), "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–357, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M. 
  9. Hofmann, K. -H. et al. (January 2002), "Observations of Mira stars with the IOTA/FLUOR interferometer and comparison with Mira star models", New Astronomy 7 (1): 9–20, doi:10.1016/S1384-1076(01)00085-9, Bibcode2002NewA....7....9H. 
  10. "R Ser". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=R+Ser. 
  11. Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "R Serpentis". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=34592. Retrieved 22 May 2014. 
  12. Zsoldos, E. (1994). "Three Early Variable Star Catalogues". Journal for the History of Astronomy 25 (2): 92–98. doi:10.1177/002182869402500202. Bibcode1994JHA....25...92Z. http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994JHA....25...92Z.