Astronomy:S Arae

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S Arae
SAraLightCurve.png
A light curve for S Arae, adapted from Chadid et al. (2010)[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Ara
Right ascension  17h 59m 10.7311s[2]
Declination −49° 26′ 00.453″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.92 to 11.24[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3 II[4]
B−V color index 0.9[2]
Variable type RRab[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)185 ± 655.35[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −26.24[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −8.44[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.1191 ± 0.0431[5] mas
Distance2,900 ± 100 ly
(890 ± 30 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.78 – +0.93[6]
Details
Mass0.51 – 0.62[6] M
Radius3.01[5] R
Luminosity27[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)+2.9[6] cgs
Temperature6,563[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.90[6] dex
Other designations
S Ara, CD−49°11833, CPD−49°10361, HIP 88064[2]
Database references
SIMBADdata

S Arae (S Ara) is an RR Lyrae-type pulsating variable star in the constellation of Ara.[2] It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 9.92 and 11.24 during its 10.85-hour pulsation period,[1][3] and it exhibits the Blazhko effect.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chadid, M.; Vernin, J.; Mekarnia, D.; Chapellier, E.; Trinquet, H.; Bono, G. (June–July 2010). "First Antarctica light curve PAIX monitoring of the Blazhko RR Lyrae star: S Arae". Astronomy & Astrophysics 516. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014857. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2010/08/aa14857-10/aa14857-10.html. Retrieved 24 October 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "V* S Ara". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=V%2A+S+Ara. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 S Ara, database entry, The combined table of GCVS Vols I-III and NL 67–78 with improved coordinates, General Catalogue of Variable Stars , Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line 10 November 2009.
  4. Stock, J.; Wroblewski, H. (1972). "A southern objective prism survey". Publ. Obs. Astron. Nacional 2: 59. Bibcode1972PDAUC...2...59S. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 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.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Zalian, C.; Chadid, M.; Vernin, J.; Abe, L.; Agabi, A. (2016). "Antarctica photometry of the Blazhko RR Lyrae star S Arae". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 456 (1): 192. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2611. Bibcode2016MNRAS.456..192Z.