Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Hercules |
Right ascension | 18h 30m 16.23850s [1] |
Declination | +21° 52′ 00.6080″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.85 - 9.00 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | Post-AGB star [3] |
Spectral type | F2pIb-K4e(C0,0) [2] |
U−B color index | +0.17 - +0.94 [4] |
B−V color index | +0.52 - +1.09 [4] |
Variable type | RVa [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −30.00 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -2.82 ± 1.12 [1] mas/yr Dec.: -0.18 ± 1.16 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 0.7843 ± 0.0289 mas [6] |
Distance | 4,200 ± 200 ly (1,280 ± 50 pc) |
Orbit [7] | |
Period (P) | 1,194 days |
Semi-major axis (a) | 2.7 AU |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.12 |
Inclination (i) | 50° |
Details [7] | |
A | |
Mass | 0.6 M☉ |
Radius | 47.1+4.7 −4.1 [8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 2475+183 −209 [8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 0.65 cgs |
Temperature | 5900 [8] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −1.5 dex |
B | |
Mass | 1.2 M☉ |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
AC Herculis, is an RV Tauri variable and spectroscopic binary star in the constellation of Hercules. It varies in brightness between apparent magnitudes 6.85 and 9.0.
AC Her is an RVa star, meaning it is an RV Tauri variable whose maximum and minimum magnitudes do not slowly vary over hundreds of days. It also is a very clear example of a common type of RV Tauri light curve where the maximum following a deep minimum is brighter than the maximum following a shallow minimum. In each period of 75.46 days [8] it has two maxima and two minima. [9]
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Little is known of the secondary star except that its mass is around 1.2 M☉, deduced from the mass ratio of the binary system and the modelled mass of the primary star. The primary itself is calculated to have a mass of 0.6 M☉, but a luminosity of 2,500 L☉. It is slightly cooler than the sun, although this varies by over a thousand K as the star pulsates. [4]
The total system mass can be estimated from the dynamics of the disc, and this gives a value of 1.5 M☉, slightly lower than from other methods. [3]
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