V357 Carinae

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V357 Carinae
Carina constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of a Carinae (circled in red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 09h 10m 58.086s [1]
Declination −58° 58′ 0.82″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)+3.41 - 3.44 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2IV-V [3]
Variable type Eclipsing [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)23.3 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −16.64 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: 15.00  mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.30 ± 0.35  mas [1]
Distance 450 ± 20  ly
(137 ± 7  pc)
Orbit [5]
Period (P)6.74469  d
Eccentricity (e)0.18
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		21.5 km/s
Details
Aa1
Mass 9.15 [6]   M☉
Radius 5.0 [7]   R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.0 [7]   cgs
Temperature 21,744 [7]   K
Age 18.7 [8]   Myr
Aa2
Mass 1.10 [6]   M☉
Other designations
V357  Car, a  Carinae, HR  3659, HD  79351, HIP  45080
Database references
SIMBAD data

V357 Carinae (a Car, a Carinae) [n 1] is an astrometric and spectroscopic binary in the constellation Carina. It is approximately 419 light years from Earth. The mean apparent magnitude of the system is +3.43. Outside of brightly-lit urban areas, it is easily visible to the naked eye. The star appears 46.0' (0.7668°) ENE of Iota Carinae at the heart of the asterism and constellation which is skewed in having bulk of the stars away from the eastern, Canopus prow of the ship and close to the imagined sails of the ship, Vela.

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Properties

A light curve for V357 Carinae, plotted from TESS data V357CarLightCurve.png
A light curve for V357 Carinae, plotted from TESS data

In 1959, Sergei Illarionovich Gaposchkin announced his discovery that the star, then known as a Carinae, is a variable star. [10] It was given its variable star designation, V357 Carinae, in 1977. [11] The star's brightness varies from magnitude +3.41 to +3.44 with a period of 6.74 days, which is its orbital period. It was classified as an eclipsing binary in Gaposchkin's original catalogue of variable stars, [11] although the variability was often considered doubtful. [3] It is now thought most likely to be a very shallow eclipsing binary. [2]

V357 Carinae is an astrometric binary, meaning its motion in the sky implies orbital motion about an invisible companion. It is also a single-lined spectroscopic binary, and possibly a triple system. [12] The two closest components orbit each other in 6.74 days, while the observed astrometric motion is much longer. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pronounced: lower-case /eɪ/ /ˈkærɪnaɪ/ or /kæˈriːnaɪ/

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