Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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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 | |
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]
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28 Andromedae is a Delta Scuti variable star in the constellation Andromeda. 28 Andromedae is the Flamsteed designation. It also bears the variable star name GN Andromedae. Its apparent magnitude is 5.214, varying by less than 0.1 magnitudes.
63 Andromedae is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable star in the constellation Andromeda. Its variable star designation is PZ Andromedae. With an apparent magnitude of about 5.6, it is bright enough to be seen by naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 8.53 mas, it is located 382 light years away.
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SU Andromedae is a carbon star in the constellation of Andromeda. It is a variable star classified as a slow irregular pulsating supergiant, and varies from an apparent visual magnitude of 8.5 at minimum brightness to a magnitude of 8.0 at maximum brightness with no clear period.
Y Centauri or Y Cen is a semiregular variable star in the constellation of Centaurus.
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R Sagittae is an RV Tauri variable star in the constellation Sagitta that varies from magnitude 8.0 to 10.5 in 70.77 days. It is a post-AGB low mass yellow supergiant that varies between spectral types G0Ib and G8Ib as it pulsates. Its variable star designation of "R" indicates that it was the first star discovered to be variable in the constellation. It was discovered in 1859 by Joseph Baxendell, though classified as a semi regular variable until RV Tauri variables were identified as a distinct class in 1905.
XX Persei is a semiregular variable red supergiant star in the constellation Perseus, between the Double Cluster and the border with Andromeda.
6 Geminorum is a variable star in the zodiac constellation of Gemini, located roughly 5,800 light years away from the Sun. It has the variable star designation BU Geminorum; 6 Geminorum is the Flamsteed designation. At its brightest this reddish hued star is barely visible to the naked eye but is readily visible with binoculars, found southeast of M 35, just to the south of WY Geminorum. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +27 km/s. The star is a member of the Gemini OB1 association.
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AC Andromedae is a variable star in the constellation Andromeda. Its maximum apparent visual magnitude is 10.77, but can be seen fainter down to a magnitude of 11.9.
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Y Tauri is a carbon star located in the constellation Taurus. Parallax measurements by Gaia put it at a distance of approximately 2,170 light-years.
UY Centauri is a variable star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It ranges from an apparent visual magnitude of 6.93 down to 9.48 with a period of 178.4 days, making it too faint to readily view with the naked eye even at peak brightness. The distance to this star is approximately 2,160 light years based on parallax measurements, although it is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −20 km/s.