R Carinae

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R Carinae
RCarLightCurve.png
The visual band light curve of R Carinae, from AAVSO data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 09h 32m 14.59964s [2]
Declination −62° 47′ 20.0452″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)3.9 - 10.5 [3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB [4]
Spectral type M6/7pe [5]
B−V color index 0.906±0.009 [6]
Variable type Mira [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+28.1±1.0 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −37.900 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: +22.232 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.5813 ± 0.4460  mas [2]
Distance approx. 1,300  ly
(approx. 390  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)1.48 [6] (at mv = 7.43)
Details
Mass 0.87+0.47
−0.31 [4]   M☉
Radius 241.0+37.6
−32.6 [4]   R☉
Luminosity 4,571+1,331
−1,031 [4]   L☉
Temperature 2,800 [7]   K
Other designations
R Car, CD−62°396, GC  13192, HD  82901, HIP  46806, HR  3816, SAO  250614, CCDM J09322-6247, WDS J09322-6247AB [8]
Database references
SIMBAD data

R Carinae is a double star in the southern constellation of Carina. The brighter component is a variable star that can be viewed with the naked eye at peak brightness, [9] but is usually too faint to be seen without a telescope, having an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 7.43. [6] This star is located at a distance of approximately 1,300  light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +28 km/s. [6]

The main component is an aging red giant star on the asymptotic giant branch [4] with a stellar classification of M6/7pe. [5] It is classified as a pulsating Mira type variable star and its visual brightness varies with an average amplitude of 4.25 magnitudes over a period of 303.99±1.08 d. Its average maximum visual magnitude is 5.05±0.45, [9] but the brightest observed maximum was magnitude 3.9 [3] This star is surrounded by a dusty shell, with properties that are consistent with iron-poor silicates or corundum, extending from around three stellar radii outward. [10]

The companion is a magnitude 11.30 star at an angular separation of 2.10″ along a position angle of 132° from the main star, as of 2015. [11]

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