V538 Carinae

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V538 Carinae
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A light curve for V538 Carinae, plotted from Hipparcos data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 11h 20m 06.2287s [2]
Declination −65° 15 07.134 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)7.7 - 9.2 [3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Red supergiant or AGB
Spectral type M3 II [4] or M3.8 Ib [5]
Variable type SRb [3]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: −6.197 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: 0.522 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.1665 ± 0.0546  mas [2]
Distance approx. 20,000  ly
(approx. 6,000  pc)
Details
Radius 580 [6] [lower-alpha 1]   R
Luminosity 30,600 [6]   L
Temperature 3,302 [2]   K
Other designations
V538 Carinae, HD 98658, HIP 55355
Database references
SIMBAD data

V538 Carinae is a variable star in the constellation of Carina, and a possible red supergiant. If this star replaced the Sun in the Solar System, its photosphere would at least engulf the orbit of Mars.

Contents

Properties

V538 Carinae has a measured angular diameter of 3.4  mas . [7] Its distance is uncertain. At the Hipparcos distance of 1.33+5.81
−0.59
  kpc
, this corresponds to a radius of 580 R, [6] but at the distance implied by its Gaia Data Release 2 parallax, the radius would be around 1,900 R. [7] Calculations based on the Gaia DR2 parallax with temperatures and bolometric corrections inferred from Gaia colours give an even larger radius above 2,200 R. [8]

Some studies suggest that this star is a luminous AGB star and a long-period variable, instead of a supergiant. [9] It is classified in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars as a semiregular variable star of type SRb, indicating a cool pulsating giant star, with a possible period of 655 days. Its brightness varies between extremes of magnitude 7.7 and 9.2. [3]

Notes

  1. Applying the Stefan-Boltzmann Law with a nominal solar effective temperature of 5,772  K:

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