DL Crucis

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DL Crucis
Crux constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of DL Crucis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Crux
Right ascension 12h 14m 16.9255s [1]
Declination −64° 24′ 30.662″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.18 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B1.5Ia [3]
U−B color index −0.73 [2]
B−V color index 0.12 [2]
Variable type α Cygni [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-10.50 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: -5.62 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: 0.15 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.80 ± 0.30  mas [6]
Distance approx. 4,000  ly
(approx. 1,300  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−6.9 [7]
Details
Mass 30 [3]   M☉
Radius 42 [7]   R☉
Luminosity 251,000 [7]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.50 [3]   cgs
Temperature 20,100 [3]   K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)43 [3]  km/s
Other designations
DL  Cru, HIP  59678, HD  106343, CD-63° 732, HR  4653, GSC  08982-04743, CPD-63° 2203, GC  16707, SAO  251803
Database references
SIMBAD data

DL Crucis is a variable star in the constellation Crux.

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Visibility

DL Crucis has a visual apparent magnitude of 6.3 so it is just visible with the unaided eye in dark skies. [8] It lies in the small southern constellation of Crux, halfway between η Crucis and ζ Crucis and close to the constellation's brightest star α Crucis. This area of sky lies within the Milky Way and close to the Coalsack Nebula.

Properties

DL Crucis has a spectral type of B1.5 Ia, making it a luminous blue supergiant with a temperature over 20,000 K and 251,000 times as luminous as the sun. [7] It has a radius around 42 times, [7] and a mass 30 times that of the Sun. [3]

Variability

A light curve for DL Crucis, plotted from Hipparcos data DLCruLightCurve.png
A light curve for DL Crucis, plotted from Hipparcos data

In 1977 DL Crucis, then referred to as HR 4653, was being used as a comparison star to test the variability of δ Crucis. δ Crucis turned out to be constant relative to several other stars, but the difference in brightness between it and HR 4653 changed by 0.02 magnitude. [10] It was considered likely to be a variable with a period longer than seven hours. [11]

Hipparcos photometry showed that DL Crucis was varying by up to 0.04 magnitude with a main period of 2 days 21 hours It was classified as an α Cygni variable. [12] Shortly afterwards it received its variable star designation of DL Crucis. [13]

A later detailed statistical analysis of the same data found periods of 3.650 and 3.906 days, as well as a first harmonic pulsation, with a maximum brightness range of 0.11 magnitudes. [7]

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References

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