R Coronae Australis

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R Coronae Australis
R Coronae Australis region.jpg
A colour photo of the R Coronae Australis region in the southern Milky Way.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Corona Australis
Right ascension 19h 01m 53.6503s [1]
Declination −36° 57′ 07.87″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)+11.91
Characteristics
Spectral type B5IIIpe [2]
Variable type INSA [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−36.0±4.9 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 1.582 [5]   mas/yr
Dec.: −30.835 [5]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.5361 ± 0.6971  mas [5]
Distance 152.9+8.1
−7.3 [6]   pc
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.30 [7]
Orbit
Period (P)45±2 [8] yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.1968±0.0045 [8] "
(27-28 AU [6] )
Eccentricity (e)0.4 [6]
Inclination (i)70 [6] °
Details
A
Mass 3.5 [7]   M☉
Radius 6.2 [7]   R☉
Luminosity 132 [7]   L☉
Temperature 9,550 [7]   K
Age 1+1
−0.5 [6]   Myr
B
Mass 0.3 - 0.55 [6]   M☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.45±0.06 [6]   cgs
Temperature 3,650 - 3,870 [6]   K
Other designations
CD−37°13027, HIP  93449, Wray 15-1887
Database references
SIMBAD data
A visual band light curve for R Coronae Australis, plotted from ASAS data RCrALightCurve.png
A visual band light curve for R Coronae Australis, plotted from ASAS data

R Coronae Australis (R CrA) is a variable binary system in the constellation Corona Australis. [2] [8] It has varied between magnitudes 10 and 14.36. [10] A small reflection/emission nebula NGC 6729 extends from the star towards SE. It is also the brightest feature of the Coronet Cluster, therefore sometimes called R CrA Cluster.

This star is moving toward the Solar System with a radial velocity of 36 km s−1. It was previously believed that in roughly 222,000 years, this system could have approached within 1.77 light-years (0.54 parsecs ) of the Sun. However, the estimate had a considerable margin of error in it. [11] With the release of Gaia DR2, the star was determined to be 4 times further from the Sun than initially believed, constraining the approach to only 111 ± 31 light-years (34.0 ± 9.5 parsecs ). [5] Examination of other objects known to be in the same star-forming region gives a distance of 152.9+8.1
−7.3  pc , suggesting an error in the Gaia parallax for R CrB itself. [6]

A companion to the star was proposed in 2019 with a mass between 0.1 and 1 Solar masses, depending on the characteristics of the stellar environment, orbiting the primary in 43–47 years. [8] The companion was later directly observed to be a red dwarf with a mass between 0.3  M☉ and 0.55 M☉. [6] It has also been proposed that the primary component is itself a close binary. [7]

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