Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Reticulum |
Right ascension | 04h 33m 32.83070s [2] |
Declination | −63° 01′ 44.9951″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 9.23 [3] (6.35 – 14.2) [4] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | AGB [5] |
Spectral type | M4e - M7.5e [6] |
B−V color index | 1.099±0.045 [3] |
Variable type | Mira [6] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 26.0±4.6 [3] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +12.111 [2] mas/yr Dec.: +16.384 [2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 1.3622 ± 0.0492 mas [2] |
Distance | 2,390 ± 90 ly (730 ± 30 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 0.88+0.04 −0 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 249+21 −34 [8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 7,571±1,671 [8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | −0.445 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 3,410+264 −131 [8] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.55 [7] dex |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
R Reticuli, also listed under the duplicate variable star designation S Reticuli, [4] is a Mira variable star in the southern constellation Reticulum. It is an aging red giant star on the asymptotic giant branch [5] with a stellar classification that varies between M4e to M7.5e, [6] being hottest near maximum visual magnitude. [10] The brightness of the star varies between apparent visual magnitudes 6.35 and 14.2 [4] with an average period of 281.08±0.58 d. [11] The mean maximum magnitude is 7.57 and the mean minimum magnitude 13.80. [11]
R Leonis is a red giant Mira-type variable star located approximately 370 light years away in the constellation Leo.
R Apodis is a star in the constellation Apus.
R Horologii is a red giant star approximately 1,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Horologium. It is a Mira variable with a period of 404.83 days, ranging from apparent magnitude 4.7 to 14.3—one of the largest ranges in brightness known of stars in the night sky visible to the unaided eye. The star is losing mass at the rate of 5.9×10−7 M☉·y−1.
R Centauri is a Mira variable star in the constellation Centaurus.
R Canum Venaticorum is a Mira variable star in the constellation Canes Venatici. It ranges between magnitudes 6.5 and 12.9 over a period of approximately 329 days.
R Virginis is a Mira variable in the constellation Virgo. Located approximately 530 parsecs (1,700 ly) distant, it varies between magnitudes 6.1 and 12.1 over a period of approximately 146 days. Its variable nature was discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding in 1809.
R Boötis is a variable star in the northern constellation of Boötes. Typically the star is too faint to be readily visible to the naked eye, with a brightness that fluctuates between apparent visual magnitudes of 9.98. The distance to this star is approximately 2,150 light years based on parallax measurements. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of about −58 km/s.
W Andromedae is a variable star in the constellation of Andromeda. It is classified as a Mira variable and S-type star, and varies from an apparent visual magnitude of 14.6 at minimum brightness to a magnitude of 6.7 at maximum brightness, with a period of approximately 397.3 days. The star is losing mass due to stellar winds at a rate of 2.79×10−7M☉/yr.
R Equulei is a class M Mira variable star in the constellation Equuleus. Its brightness varies between a minimum magnitude of 15.0 to a maximum of 8.7 with an average period of 261 days.
S Canis Minoris is a variable star in the equatorial constellation Canis Minor. It has a peak apparent visual magnitude of 6.5, so not normally visible to the naked eye. The star is located at a distance of approximately 1,360 light-years from the Sun based on stellar parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of about +68 km/s.
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R Cancri is a Mira variable in the constellation Cancer. Located approximately 250 parsecs (830 ly) distant, it varies between magnitudes 6.07 and 12.3 over a period of approximately 357 days.
U Microscopii is a Mira variable star in the constellation Microscopium. It ranges from magnitude 7 to 14.4 over a period of 334 days. The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa in 2003 reported that observations of U Microscopii were very urgently needed as data on its light curve was incomplete.
V Antliae is a Mira variable star in the constellation Antlia. It varies in brightness between magnitudes 8.2 and 14.0 with a period of 303 days.
S Cassiopeiae is a Mira variable and S-type star in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is an unusually cool star, rapidly losing mass and surrounded by dense gas and dust producing masers.
T Leporis is a variable star in the constellation of Lepus, the Hare. It is located half a degree from ε Leporis in the sky; its distance is approximately 1,100 light years from the Solar System. It has the spectral type M6ev, and is a Mira variable — as is R Leporis, in the same constellation — whose apparent magnitude varies between +7.40 and +14.30 with a period of 368.13 days.
V Crucis is a carbon star in the constellation Crux. A Mira variable, its apparent magnitude ranges from 8.7 to 11.1 over 376.5 days. The fact that this star's period is nearly equal to one year makes it hard to get good observational coverage over the entire cycle. Its near-infrared light curve shows a contribution from the first harmonic of the fundamental period.
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R Volantis is a single variable star in the southern circumpolar constellation Volans. It has an average apparent magnitude of 8.7, making it readily visible in amateur telescopes but not to the naked eye. The object is relatively far at a distance of about 2,300 light years but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −5 km/s.
R Chamaeleontis, also known as HD 71793, is a Mira variable located in the southern circumpolar constellation Chamaeleon. It has an apparent magnitude that ranges from 7.5 to 14.1, which is below the limit for naked eye visibility. Gaia DR3 parallax measurements place it about 3,000 light years away and it is currently approaching with a heliocentric radial velocity of 22 km/s.