T Andromedae

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T Andromedae
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A visual band light curve for T Andromedae, plotted from AAVSO data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 22m 23.14956s [2]
Declination +26° 59 45.73676 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)7.70 14.30 variable [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4e-M7.5e [3]
B−V color index 2.63 [4]
Variable type Mira [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−90±10 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −7.108 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −3.352 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.5913 ± 0.0815  mas [2]
Distance approx. 5,500  ly
(approx. 1,700  pc)
Details
Mass 4.9 [5]   M
Luminosity 8.928 [6]   L
Surface gravity (log g)−0.51 [5]   cgs
Temperature 3,235 [5]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.39 [5]   dex
Other designations
BD +26°43, HD 1795, SAO 73930
Database references
SIMBAD data

T Andromedae (T And) is a variable star of the Mira type in the constellation Andromeda. Like all the stars of this kind, T And is a cool asymptotic giant branch star of spectral type M4e-M7.5e. Its brightness varies periodically, completing a cycle in 281 days. The peak luminosity, however, is different every variability cycle, but can reach a peak magnitude mv=7.70. [3]

Thomas David Anderson discovered that T Andromedae is a variable star, in 1894. [7] The next year, Edward Charles Pickering examined archival photographic plates to derive a light curve for the star, and calculated a period of 281 days. [8]

Measurements of the angular size variations of T And made with the Palomar Testbed Interferometer show no clear correlation with the star's brightness variations. [9] [10]

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