HR 6384

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HR 6384
HR6384LightCurve.png
The visual band light curve of HR 6384, adapted from Walker et al. (1985) [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Ara
Right ascension 17h 14m 13.40536s [2]
Declination –56° 53′ 18.6897″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.153 [1]
Characteristics
Spectral type M1/M2II/III + A [3]
U−B color index +1.340 [1]
B−V color index +1.787 [1]
Variable type ellipsoidal variable [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−34.0±4.0 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 2.760 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: –7.033 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.2407 ± 0.1939  mas [2]
Distance 1,500 ± 100  ly
(450 ± 40  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−2.20 [5]
Details
Radius 160.39+9.31
−23.02 [2]   R☉
Luminosity 3,732±368 [2]   L☉
Temperature 3,562+287
−99 [2]   K
Other designations
V829 Ara, CD–56°6744, HD  155341, HIP  84311, HR  6384, SAO  244539 [6]
Database references
SIMBAD data

HR 6384 is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Ara, the Altar. The system is faintly visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 6.153, [1] and it is located at a distance of approximately 1,300 light-years (400 parsecs ) from the Sun. [2] It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of around −34 km/s. [5]

In 1985, W. S. G. Walker et al. announced that HR 6384 is a variable star, based on three color photometry undertaken at Auckland Observatory in New Zealand. [7] It was given its variable star designation, V829 Arae, in 1987. [8]

The system appears to be a close, interacting binary with a hot secondary component of class A or hotter. [9] It forms a suspected ellipsoidal variable [4] with a period of 80 days and an amplitude variation of 0.08 in magnitude. [10] The primary component is an aging red giant/bright giant with a stellar classification of M1/M2II/III, [3] currently on the asymptotic giant branch. [11] With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted, it has expanded to 160 times the girth of the Sun. It is radiating 3,562 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,562 K. [2]

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References

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