9 Cephei

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9 Cephei
Cepheus constellation map.svg
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Location of 9 Cephei (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cepheus
Right ascension 21h 37m 55.22469s [1]
Declination +62° 04′ 54.9825″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.69 - 4.78 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2 Ib [3]
U−B color index −0.54 [4]
B−V color index +0.30 [4]
Variable type α Cyg [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−13.50 ± 0.8 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −1.64 ± 0.17 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −3.02 ± 0.16 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.00 ± 0.17  mas [1]
Distance 950 [6]   pc
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−6.44 [3]
Details
Searle et al 2008 [3]
Mass 21  M☉
Radius 39.8  R☉
Luminosity 151,000  L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.50  cgs
Temperature 18,000  K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)73 km/s
Markova & Puls 2008 [7]
Mass 12  M☉
Radius 32  R☉
Luminosity129,000  L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.50  cgs
Temperature 19,200  K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)45 km/s
Other designations
9  Cephei, V337  Cephei, HD  206165, HR  8279, HIP  106801, BD+61°2169, 2MASS  J21375521+6204548, GSC  04253-02243
Database references
SIMBAD data

9 Cephei (9 Cep), also known as V337 Cephei, is a variable star in the constellation Cepheus.

A light curve for V337 Cephei, plotted from TESS data V337CepLightCurve.png
A light curve for V337 Cephei, plotted from TESS data

9 Cephei was given the name V337 Cephei and classified as an α Cygni variable in 1967. [9] It varies irregularly between magnitude 4.69 and 4.78. [2] A study of the Hipparcos satellite photometry showed an amplitude of 0.56 magnitudes, but could find no periodicity. [10]

9 Cephei is considered to be a member of the Cepheus OB2 stellar association, a scattering of massive bright stars around a thousand parsecs away in the southern part of the constellation Cepheus. [3]

Calculations of the physical properties of 9 Cephei vary considerably even from broadly similar observational data. Modelling using the non-LTE line-blanketed CMFGEN atmospheric code gives a temperature of 18,000 K, radius of 40 R☉, luminosity of 151,000 L☉, and mass of 21 M☉. [3] Calculations using the FASTWIND model give gives a temperature of 19,200 K, radius of 32 R☉, luminosity of 129,000 L☉, and mass of 12 M☉. [7]

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