Astronomy:SS Cephei

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Short description: Variable star in the constellation Cepheus
SS Cephei

SS Cephei, as seen during the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cepheus[1]
Right ascension  03h 49m 30.0153s[2]
Declination +80° 19′ 20.902″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.9 - 7.9[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB[4]
Spectral type M5III[5]
Variable type SRb[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−46.87±0.09[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −4.911[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 12.062[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.9187 ± 0.1886[2] mas
Distance830 ± 40 ly
(260 ± 10 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.13[5]
Details
Mass3.7[7] M
Radius239[8] R
Luminosity5,021[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.33[7] cgs
Temperature3,830[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.32[7] dex
Other designations
BD+79°110, HD 22689, HIP 17881, SAO 594[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

SS Cephei is a semiregular variable star in the constellation Cepheus. It is of spectral type M5III, and has an estimated temperature of about 3,700 K. The star is about 830 light-years (260 parsecs) from Earth. The brightness of SS Cephei varies between magnitude 6.9 and 7.9.

A light curve for SS Cephei, plotted from Hipparcos data[10]

See also

References

  1. "obj-Cep". https://britastro.org/vss/obj-cep.html. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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 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. 
  4. Olofsson, H.; González Delgado, D.; Kerschbaum, F.; Schöier, F. L. (2002). "Mass loss rates of a sample of irregular and semiregular M-type AGB-variables". Astronomy and Astrophysics 391 (3): 1053. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020841. Bibcode2002A&A...391.1053O. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  6. Famaey, B. et al. (May 2009). "Spectroscopic binaries among Hipparcos M giants. I. Data, orbits, and intrinsic variations". Astronomy and Astrophysics 498 (2): 627–640. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810698. Bibcode2009A&A...498..627F. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 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. Bibcode2024A&A...691A..98K. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (2017). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho-Gaia stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471 (1): 770. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1433. Bibcode2017MNRAS.471..770M. 
  9. "V* SS Cep". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=V%2A+SS+Cep. 
  10. EAS (1997). "The HIPPARCOS and TYCHO catalogues". Astrometric and Photometric Star Catalogues Derived from the ESA Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission. ESA SP Series (Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division) 1200. ISBN 9290923997. Bibcode1997HIP...C......0E. https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/ftp-index?/ftp/cats/more/HIP/cdroms/cats. Retrieved 3 October 2024.