Astronomy:ST Camelopardalis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Camelopardalis
ST Camelopardalis
STCamLightCurve.png
The visual band light curve of ST Camelopardalis, from AAVSO data[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension  04h 051m 13.348s[2]
Declination +68° 10′ 07.65″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.3 to 8.5[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Carbon star
Spectral type C5,4(N5)[3]
B−V color index +2.1[4]
Variable type SRb[3]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −2.992±0.136[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −3.237±0.185[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.6725 ± 0.0989[2] mas
Distance2,000 ± 100 ly
(600 ± 40 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.232[5]
Details
Radius244[6] R
Luminosity4,478[2] L
Temperature3,388[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.1[7] dex
Other designations
ST Camelopardalis, ST Cam, HD 20243, HIP 22552, BD+57°350
Database references
SIMBADdata

ST Camelopardalis is a carbon star in the constellation of Camelopardalis. It has a radius of 244 R.[6]

Variability

ST Cam is a semiregular variable star. It is doubly periodic, with the two pulsation periods P0 and P1 being equal to 368.6 and 201 days respectively.[8]

References

  1. "Download Data". AAVSO. https://www.aavso.org/data-download. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "ST Cam database entry". Combined General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2, 2004 Ed.). CDS. http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?V*%20ST%20Cam. Retrieved 2018-10-14. 
  4. Ita, Y.; Matsuura, M.; Ishihara, D.; Oyabu, S.; Takita, S.; Kataza, H.; Yamamura, Issei; Matsunaga, N. et al. (2010). "AKARI's infrared view on nearby stars. Using AKARI infrared camera all-sky survey, 2MASS, and Hipparcos catalogs". Astronomy and Astrophysics 514: A2. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913695. Bibcode2010A&A...514A...2I. 
  5. Gontcharov, G. A. (2017). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Tycho-2 red giant branch and carbon stars (Gontcharov, 2011)". VizieR On-Line Data Catalog. Bibcode2017yCat..90370769G. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Stassun K.G. (October 2019). "The revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. Bibcode2019AJ....158..138S. 
  7. Lambert, David L.; Gustafsson, Bengt; Eriksson, Kjell; Hinkle, Kenneth H. (1986). "The Chemical Composition of Carbon Stars. I. Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in 30 Cool Carbon Stars in the Galactic Disk". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 62: 373. doi:10.1086/191145. Bibcode1986ApJS...62..373L. 
  8. Howarth, J. J.; Greaves, J. (February 2001). "ST Camelopardalis: A doubly periodic semiregular variable star" (in en). Journal of the British Astronomical Association 111: 40–42. ISSN 0007-0297. Bibcode2001JBAA..111...40H.