Astronomy:T Normae

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Short description: Variable star in the constellation Norma
T Nor
TNorLightCurve.png
The visual band light curve of T Normae, from AAVSO data[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Norma
Right ascension 1 5h 44m 03.83966s[2]
Declination −54° 59′ 12.5184″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.2-13.6[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3e-M6e[3] (-M9[4])
U−B color index +0.76 - +1.09[5]
B−V color index +1.42 - +1.87
Variable type Mira
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −10.02[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −11.55[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.61 ± 1.25[2] mas
Distance500[6] pc
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.01 - 3.63[6]
Details
Luminosity760[7] L
Temperature3,234 K[7] K
Other designations
T Normae, CPD−54° 6651, HIP 77058, HD 140041, AAVSO 1536-54
Database references
SIMBADdata

T Normae is a Mira variable star. It is located midway between Eta Normae and Gamma Circini.[8] It ranges from magnitude 6.2 to 13.6 and a period of 244 days.[3] Located around 900 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity 760 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3234 K.[7]

References

  1. "Download Data". AAVSO. https://www.aavso.org/data-download. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the New Hipparcos Reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–64. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Otero, Sebastian Alberto (19 March 2011). "T Normae". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=19963. Retrieved 21 March 2015. 
  4. Crowe, Richard A.; Garrison, Robert F. (1988). "The visible spectra of Southern Hemisphere Mira variable stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 66: 69. doi:10.1086/191247. Bibcode1988ApJS...66...69C. 
  5. Celis s., L. (1986). "UBVRI photometry of red stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 60: 879. doi:10.1086/191103. Bibcode1986ApJS...60..879C. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Celis, L. (1995). "Lumnosity attenuation and distances of red giant stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 98: 701. doi:10.1086/192175. Bibcode1995ApJS...98..701C. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 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. 
  8. Arnold, H.J.P.; Doherty, Paul; Moore, Patrick (1999). The Photographic Atlas of the Stars. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-7503-0654-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=YjcvJUfnWBAC&pg=PA148.