A visual band light curve for SY Muscae, plotted from ASAS and ASAS-SN data. [1] [2] The inset plot shows the same data plotted with respect to the phase of the orbital period. | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Musca |
Right ascension | 11h 32m 10.0002s [3] |
Declination | −65° 25′ 11.473″ [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.2 (- 11.2) - 12.7 [4] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M4.5 [5] |
Variable type | Z And [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +13.708 [5] km/s |
Parallax (π) | 0.08 ± 0.90 mas [3] |
Distance | 1,500 [5] pc |
Orbit [5] | |
Period (P) | 624.36 days |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.0 |
Inclination (i) | 84° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 7.76 km/s |
Details | |
Giant | |
Mass | 1.5 [5] M☉ |
Radius | 114 [5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1,556 [5] L☉ |
Temperature | 3,400 [5] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 7 [5] km/s |
White dwarf | |
Mass | 0.50 [5] M☉ |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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