U Vulpeculae

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U Vulpeculae
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A visual band light curve for U Vulpeculae, adapted from Kiss (1998) [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension 19h 36m 37.7281s [2]
Declination 20° 19′ 58.5692″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.73 - 7.54 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6Iab-G2 [4]
Variable type δ Cep [3]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: 0.906±0.050 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −0.960±0.062 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.0530 ± 0.0390  mas [2]
Distance 3,100 ± 100  ly
(950 ± 40  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)-3.69 [5]
Orbit [6]
Period (P)2,510 days
Eccentricity (e)0.675
Periastron epoch (T)2444800
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		353°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		3.64 km/s
Details
Mass 6.5 [7]   M☉
Radius 60 [7]   R☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.75 - 1.85 [8]   cgs
Temperature 5,655 - 5,965 [8]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.09 [9]   dex
Age 82 [9]   Myr
Other designations
BD+20° 4200, HD  185059, HIP  96458, HR  7458, SAO  87447 [10]
Database references
SIMBAD data

U Vulpeculae is a variable and binary star in the constellation Vulpecula.

It is a classical Cepheid variable and its apparent magnitude ranges from 6.73 to 7.54 over a precise cycle of 7.99 days. [4] Its variable nature was discovered in 1898 at Potsdam Observatory by Gustav Müller and Paul Kempf. [11]

In 1991 a study of radial velocities showed that it U Vulpeculae is a spectroscopic binary and a full orbit with a period of 2510 days (6.9 years) was first calculated in 1996. [12] [7] The secondary star is invisible and is only known from its effect on the motion of the primary. [6]

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References

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