S Normae

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S Normae
Norma constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of S Normae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Norma
Right ascension 16h 18m 51.8325s [1]
Declination 57° 53 59.244 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.394 [2] (6.12 - 6.77 [3] )
Characteristics
Spectral type F8-G0Ib [3] + B9.5V [4]
U−B color index +0.66 [5]
B−V color index +1.00 [5]
Variable type δ Cepheid [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)5.83 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 0.07 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: 0.04 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.16 ± 0.76 [1]   mas
Distance 924 [2]   pc
Absolute magnitude  (MV)-4.02 [4]
Orbit [4]
Period (P)8,660 yr
Semi-major axis (a)794 AU
Details [4]
Mass 6.3  M
Radius 65.6 [2]   R
Luminosity 3,630  L
Temperature 6,350  K
Metallicity +0.10 [7]
companion
Mass 2.4  M
Age 80 [8]   Myr
Other designations
S  Nor, HR  6062, SAO  243586, CD 57°6342, GSC  08719-00158, HD  146323, NGC  6087 132, GC  21898, HIP  79932, NGC  6087 155
Database references
SIMBAD data
S Normae is the brightest member of the open cluster NGC 6087. NGC 6087 full.png
S Normae is the brightest member of the open cluster NGC 6087.

S Normae (S Nor) is a yellow supergiant variable star in the constellation Norma. It is the brightest member of the open cluster NGC 6087.

Contents

S Normae is a Classical Cepheid variable with a visual magnitude range of 6.12 to 6.77 and a period of 9.75411 days. The spectral type varies during the pulsation cycle from F8 to G0. Its mass has been measured at 6.3 M with reference to a close orbital companion, and it is over 3,000 times as luminous as the sun.

Companions

S Normae system, showing the "spectroscopic" companion and the three faint nearby companions, but not TYC 8719-794-1 S Normae system.jpg
S Normae system, showing the "spectroscopic" companion and the three faint nearby companions, but not TYC 8719-794-1

S Normae is a spectroscopic binary, although the companion has now been resolved using the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3. The separation was 0.90" in April 2011, corresponding to 817 AU. This gives the rare opportunity for a direct determination of the mass of a Cepheid variable star and confirmation of other properties. It is a supergiant that is 6.3 times as massive as the Sun and 2,800 times as luminous. The companion a 2.4  M blue-white main sequence star of spectral type B9.5. [4]

A light curve for S Normae, plotted from TESS data SNorLightCurve.png
A light curve for S Normae, plotted from TESS data

There is a more distant 10th magnitude companion at 30", unsurprising in the centre of an open cluster. It is TYC 8719-794-1, a chemically peculiar A or B class star. Three fainter companions have also been found: a 14th magnitude star at 14"; and two 16th magnitude stars at 20". [10]

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