RV Corvi

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RV Corvi
RVCrvLightCurve.png
A light curve for RV Corvi, plotted from TESS data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Corvus
Right ascension 12h 37m 40.711s [2]
Declination −19° 34′ 40.03″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)8.77 [3] (8.6 - 9.16) [4]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type F0V [5] (F0 + G0) [6]
B−V color index 0.404±0.026 [3]
Variable type β Lyr [7]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)19.0±4.6 [8]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −29.326  mas/yr [2]
Dec.: 8.954  mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)4.7351 ± 0.0812  mas [2]
Distance 690 ± 10  ly
(211 ± 4  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)2.32 [3]
Orbit [9]
Period (P)0.7473 d
Eccentricity (e)0.00
Periastron epoch (T)2445792.3578
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		0.00°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		64 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)		235 km/s
Details
Primary
Mass 1.64±0.14 [9]   M☉
Radius 2.16 or 2.18 ± 0.08 [9]   R☉
Luminosity 8.4 or 8.5 ± 0.6 [9]   L☉
Secondary
Mass 0.44±0.03 [9]   M☉
Radius 1.19 or 1.20 ±0.04 [9]   R☉
Luminosity1.2 or 1.5 ± 0.1 [9]   L☉
Other designations
RV Crv, BD −18° 3431, HD  109796, HIP  61620 [10]
Database references
SIMBAD data

RV Corvi is an eclipsing binary star system in the southern constellation of Corvus. The brightness of the pair regularly ranges in apparent visual magnitude from 8.6 down to 9.16 over a period 18 hours, [4] even the brightest of which is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. The system is located at a distance of approximately 690  light-years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of ~19 km/s. [8]

The variability of this system was discovered by H. H. Swope. [11] In 1942, Irene G. Buttery published an orbital period of 0.74728 days for the system, showing this is an eclipsing binary. [12] It is a near-contact binary with both stars showing the effect of tidal interactions and the facing sides are less than 10% of the orbital separation apart, but are not in contact. [13] One or both stars may show an excess of luminosity on their facing sides. [9] The system is composed of stars of spectral types F0 and G0, which orbit each other every 0.7473 days. [6]

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