15 Arietis

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15 Arietis
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Aries
Right ascension  02h 10m 37.59642s [1]
Declination +19° 30 01.2099 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.67 - 5.74 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3 III [3]
U−B color index +1.91 [4]
B−V color index +1.64 [4]
Variable type SRs [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+62.04 ± 0.22 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +87.88 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: -27.82 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.84 ± 0.49 [1]   mas
Distance 560 ± 50  ly
(170 ± 10  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)0.9 [6]
Details
Mass 1.4 [6]   M
Radius 87 [6]   R
Luminosity 781 [7]   L
Temperature 3,565 [7]   K
Other designations
AV  Arietis, BD+18°277, FK5  1056, HD  13325, HIP  10155, HR  631, SAO  92822
Database references
SIMBAD data

15 Arietis (abbreviated 15 Ari) is a single [8] variable star in the northern constellation of Aries. 15 Arietis is the Flamsteed designation; it also bears the variable star designation AV Arietis. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.74, [8] which is just bright enough to be visible to the naked eye from dark suburban skies. An annual parallax shift of 5.84  mas [1] corresponds to a physical distance of approximately 560 light-years (170 parsecs ) from Earth. At that distance, the star's brightness is reduced by 0.33 [5] in magnitude because of extinction from interstellar gas and dust.

This is a red giant star with a stellar classification of M3 III. [3] The measured angular diameter of this star is 3.67 ± 0.11 mas. [9] At the estimated distance of Delta Ophiuchi, [1] this yields a physical size of about 67 times the radius of the Sun. [10] The radius determined from the observed brightness and colour of the star is 87 R. [6]

15 Arietis is a short period semiregular variable with the designation AV Arietis. The period given in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars is 5.032 days. [2] Longterm photometry finds that the strongest pulsation period is 18.1 days with an amplitude of 0.028 magnitudes, while a second is 21.9 days and 0.030 in magnitude. [3]

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Omega Geminorum star in the constellation Gemini

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