1 Lyncis

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1 Lyncis
UWLynLightCurve.png
A light curve for UW Lyncis, plotted from Hipparcos data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Lynx
Right ascension 06h 17m 54.81907s [2]
Declination +61° 30′ 55.0251″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.95 [3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage asymptotic giant branch [4]
Spectral type M3IIIab [5]
U−B color index +1.96 [3]
B−V color index +1.83 [3]
Variable type Lb? [6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+11.56±0.44 [7]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −10.59±0.36 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −3.11±0.29 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.11 ± 0.33  mas [2]
Distance 640 ± 40  ly
(200 ± 10  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−1.44 [8]
Details
Radius 156 [9]   R☉
Luminosity 2,848 [10]   L☉
Temperature 3,485 [10]   K
Other designations
1 Lyn, UW Lyn, BD+61°869, FK5  2479, HD  42973, HIP  29919, HR  2215, SAO  13787 [11]
Database references
SIMBAD data

1 Lyncis is a single [5] star in the northern constellation of Lynx. It is also known by its variable star designation of UW Lyncis; 1 Lyncis is the Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, reddish-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.95. [3] It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 12 km/s. [7]

The star is an aging red giant of spectral type M3IIIab, [5] currently on the asymptotic giant branch, [4] having exhausted the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. It has been classified as a possible slow irregular variable, [6] after being found to be slightly variable in 1969 by Olin J. Eggen. [12] Its changes in brightness are complex, with two shorter changeable periods of 35–40 and 47–50 days due to the star's pulsations, and a longer period of 1,500 days possibly due to the star's rotation or convectively induced oscillatory thermal (COT) mode. [13] The star has expanded to 156 [9] times the Sun's radius and it is radiating 2,848 [10] times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,485 K. [10]

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