Astronomy:RZ Normae
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Short description: R Coronae Borealis variable type star in the constellation Norma
 A visual band light curve for RZ Normae, plotted from All Sky Automated Survey and ASAS-SN data[1][2] | |
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Norma |
| Right ascension | 16h 32m 41.66s[3] |
| Declination | −53° 15′ 33.2″[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.2 - <16.2[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | C-Hd[4] |
| Variable type | R CrB variable |
| Astrometry | |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.6[5] M☉ |
| Temperature | 6750[5] K |
| Other designations | |
2MASS J16324166-5315332 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
RZ Normae is an R Coronae Borealis type variable star in the constellation Norma. It has a baseline magnitude of 10.2, dropping down to dimmer than 16.2 at its minima.[4] It was discovered by the astronomer Sergei Gaposchkin in 1952.[6]
It has around 60% the mass of the Sun and an effective (surface) temperature of around 6750 K.[5]
References
- ↑ "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/asas/?page=aasc.
- ↑ "ASAS-SN Variable Stars Database". ASAS-SN. https://asas-sn.osu.edu/variables/lookup.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "V* RZ Normae". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=V%2A+RZ+Normae.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Otero, Sebastian Alberto (12 July 2011). "V RZ Nor". The International Variable Star Index. http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=19972. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Stasińska, G.; Szczerba, R.; Schmidt, M.; Siódmiak, N. (2006). "Post-AGB stars as testbeds of nucleosynthesis in AGB stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 450 (2): 701. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053553. Bibcode: 2006A&A...450..701S.
- ↑ Milone, L. A. (1990). "The Position of RZ Normae". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 3505 (3505): 1–3. Bibcode: 1990IBVS.3505....1M.
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