Astronomy:TT Corvi

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TT Corvi
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Corvus
Right ascension  12h 23m 18.868s
Declination −11° 48′ 43.64″
A visual band light curve for TT Corvi, plotted from ASAS data[1]

TT Corvi (TT Crv) is a semiregular variable star in the constellation Corvus. It is a red giant of spectral type M3III and average apparent magnitude 6.48 around 923 light years distant.[2] It shines with a luminosity approximately 993 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3630 K.[3]

References

  1. "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/asas/?page=aasc. 
  2. Tabur, V.; Bedding, T. R. (2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 400 (4): 1945–61. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x. Bibcode2009MNRAS.400.1945T. 
  3. 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. Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M.