R Microscopii

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R Microscopii
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The visual band light curve of R Microscopii, from AAVSO data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Microscopium
Right ascension 20h 40m 02.98684s . [2]
Declination −28° 47′ 31.1983″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)8.3-13.8
Characteristics
Spectral type M4e [3]
Astrometry
Parallax (π)1.2239±0.1089  mas [4]
Distance 2,700 ± 200  ly
(820 ± 70  pc)
Other designations
R  Microscopii, HD  196717, HIP  101985, CD–29° 17235
Database references
SIMBAD data

R Microscopii is a star in the constellation Microscopium. It is a red giant star of spectral type M4e that is also a Mira variable, with an apparent magnitude ranging between 8.3 and 13.8 over 138 days. [3] Located around 1000 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity 444 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3141 K. [5] The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa in 2003 reported that observations of R Microscopii were urgently needed as data on its light curve was incomplete. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Download Data". aavso.org. AAVSO. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 SIMBAD, R Microscopii (accessed 20 March 2015)
  3. 1 2 Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "R Microscopii". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers . Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  5. ↑ McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–57. arXiv: 1208.2037 . Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x . S2CID   118665352.
  6. ↑ Cooper, Tim (2003). "Presidential address: Amateur Observations - Successes and Opportunities". Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa. 62: 234–40. Bibcode:2003MNSSA..62..234C.


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