83 Ursae Majoris

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83 Ursae Majoris
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A light curve for IQ Ursae Majoris, plotted from Hipparcos data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 13h 40m 44.27274s [2]
Declination +54° 40 53.8860 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.69 - 4.75 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M2 III [4]
B−V color index +1.630±0.006 [5]
Variable type SRb [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−18.61±0.20 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −19.418  mas/yr [2]
Dec.: −10.63  mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)5.5963 ± 0.1399  mas [2]
Distance 580 ± 10  ly
(179 ± 4  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−1.39 [5]
Details
Mass 1.1 [7]   M
Radius 83.3±3.1 [8]   R
Luminosity 1,250 [9]   L
Surface gravity (log g)1.06±0.16 [10]   cgs
Temperature 3,705±16 [10]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.1±0.08 [10]   dex
Other designations
83 UMa, IQ UMa, BD+55°1625, HD  119228, HIP  66738, HR  5154, SAO  28843 [11]
Database references
SIMBAD data

83 Ursae Majoris is a candidate binary star [12] system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is a semiregular variable star, and it has been given the variable star designation IQ Ursae Majoris. It ranges in brightness from apparent visual magnitude 4.69 to 4.75, making it visible to the naked eye under good observing conditions. [3] Percy and Au (1994) identified it as a small amplitude red variable with an irregular behavior, having a characteristic time scale of 20 days. [13] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.60  mas , [2] it is located roughly 580  light years from the Sun. The system is moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −18.6 [6]  km/s.

The visible component is an evolved red giant with a stellar classification of M2 III. [4] It is a marginal barium star, showing an enhanced abundance of s-process elements in its outer atmosphere. This material may have been acquired during a previous mass transfer from a now white dwarf companion, or self-enriched by a dredge-up during the asymptotic giant branch process. [14]

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