RV Andromedae

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RV Andromedae
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The visual band light curve of RV Andromedae, plotted from ASAS-SN data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 02h 11m 02.56581s [2]
Declination 48° 56′ 45.0634″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)9.0–11.5 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4e [3]
B−V color index 1.607 [4]
Variable type Semi-regular [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−10.0±2.0 [5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 10.456(48) [2] mas/yr
Dec.: −0.958(56) [2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.0950±0.0483  mas [2]
Distance 3,000 ± 100  ly
(910 ± 40  pc)
Other designations
BD+48 616, HIP 10192 [5]
Database references
SIMBAD data

RV Andromedae is a variable star in the constellation of Andromeda. It is classified as a semiregular variable pulsating giant star, and varies from an apparent visual magnitude of 11.5 at minimum brightness to a magnitude of 9.0 at maximum brightness, with a period of approximately 168.9 days. [3]

In 1904, English amateur astronomer Arthur Stanley Williams examined photographic plates taken during the previous two years and determined that RV Andromedae was a variable star whose period he estimated to be 182 days. [6] In 1907, Annie Jump Cannon listed it with its variable star designation in her Second Catalogue of Variable Stars. [7]

This is one of the Mira variables where mode switching of pulsations have been observed; amplitude and periods have been seen decreasing and subsequently increasing back to values near the previous ones. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "ASAS-SN Variable Stars Database". ASAS-SN Variable Stars Database. ASAS-SN. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 649: A1. arXiv: 2012.01533 . Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039657 . S2CID   227254300. (Erratum:  doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR .
  3. 1 2 3 4 RV And, database entry, Combined General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2, 2004 Ed.), N. N. Samus, O. V. Durlevich, et al., CDS ID II/250 Accessed on line 2009-06-30.
  4. ↑ Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000), "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 355: L27 –L30, Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  5. 1 2 "RV And". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ Williams, A. Stanley (April 1904). "New variable star 17.1904 Andromedae". Astronomische Nachrichten. 165 (8): 125. Bibcode:1904AN....165..125W. doi:10.1002/asna.19041650806 . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Cannon, Annie J. (1907). "Second catalogue of variable stars". Annals of Harvard College Observatory. 55: 1–94. Bibcode:1907AnHar..55....1C . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Cadmus, R. R. Jr.; et al. (1991), "Observation of Possible Mode Switching in Three Semiregular Variable Stars", Astronomical Journal, 101: 1043, Bibcode:1991AJ....101.1043C, doi:10.1086/115746.
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