Astronomy:V Coronae Australis

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Short description: Variable star in the constellation Corona Australis
V Coronae Australis
VCrALightCurve.png
A visual band light curve for V Coronae Australis, from AAVSO data[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Corona Australis
Right ascension  18h 47m 32.30962s[2]
Declination −38° 09′ 32.3079″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.4 - 17.9[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage R CrB[3]
Spectral type R0[4]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.104[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −7.531[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)−0.3793 ± 0.1513[2] mas
Distance5,500[5] pc
Details
Mass0.6[6] M
Luminosity6,550[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)0.5[7] cgs
Temperature6,250[6] K
Other designations
V CrA, CD−38°13089, HD 173539, HIP 92207[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

V Coronae Australis (V CrA) is a R Coronae Borealis variable (RCB) star in the constellation Corona Australis. These are extremely hydrogen-deficient supergiants thought to have arisen as the result of the merger of two white dwarfs; fewer than 100 have been discovered as of 2012.[9] V Coronae Australis dimmed in brightness from 1994 to 1998.[10]

The visual apparent magnitude of V CrA has been observed to vary between magnitudes 9.4 and 17.9. A maximum magnitude of 8.3 has been estimated from photographic plates.[11] It has around 60% the mass of the Sun and an effective (surface) temperature of around 6250 K.[6]

The spectral class of R0 is typical of a carbon star, but the RCB stars are considered to a separate class of hydrogen-deficient stars, not normal asymptotic giant branch giants.[12]

References

  1. "Download Data". AAVSO. https://www.aavso.org/data-download. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "V CrB". AAVSO. https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=9876. 
  4. Houk, N. (1982). Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD stars. Volume_3. Declinations −40° to −26°. Bibcode1982mcts.book.....H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Montiel, Edward J.; Clayton, Geoffrey C.; Sugerman, B. E. K.; Evans, A.; Garcia-Hernández, D. A.; Kameswara Rao, N.; Matsuura, M.; Tisserand, P. et al. (2018). "The Double Dust Envelopes of R Coronae Borealis Stars". The Astronomical Journal 156 (4): 148. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aad772. Bibcode2018AJ....156..148M. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 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. Bibcode2006A&A...450..701S. 
  7. Hema, B. P.; Pandey, Gajendra; Lambert, David L. (2012). "The Galactic R Coronae Borealis Stars: The C2 Swan Bands, the Carbon Problem, and the 12C/13C Ratio". The Astrophysical Journal 747 (2): 102. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/747/2/102. Bibcode2012ApJ...747..102H. 
  8. SIMBAD, V Coronae Australis (accessed 13 July 2014)
  9. Tisserand; Clayton; Welch; Pilecki; Wyrzykowski; Kilkenny (2012). "The Ongoing Pursuit of R Coronae Borealis Stars: ASAS-3 Survey Strikes Again". Astronomy & Astrophysics 551: 22. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220713. A77. Bibcode2013A&A...551A..77T. 
  10. Skuljan, L.; Cottrell, P. L. (2002). "Recent declines of RS Telescopii, UW Centauri, and V Coronae Australis". The Observatory 122: 322–29. Bibcode2002Obs...122..322S. 
  11. Milone, L. A. (1975). "A Note on V CrA and W Men". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 989: 1. Bibcode1975IBVS..989....1M. 
  12. Pandey, Gajendra; Hema, B. P.; Reddy, Arumalla B. S. (2021). "Revised Surface Abundances of R Coronae Borealis Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 921 (1): 52. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac1ad1. Bibcode2021ApJ...921...52P.