VZ Cancri

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VZ Cancri
VZCncLightCurve.png
A light curve for VZ Cancri, plotted from TESS data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 40m 52.125s [2]
Declination +09° 49′ 27.15″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)7.18 to 7.91 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2 III [4]
B−V color index 0.288±0.020 [5]
Variable type δ Sct [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)25.2±0.4 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −29.005  mas/yr [2]
Dec.: −15.856  mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)4.5062 ± 0.0268  mas [2]
Distance 724 ± 4  ly
(222 ± 1  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)1.79 [5]
Details
Mass 1.60 [7]   M☉
Radius 2.90 [8]   R☉
Luminosity 15.96 [5]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.4±0.2 [4]   cgs
Temperature 6,909±219 [7]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.41 [7]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)26±1 [4]  km/s
Age 1.70 [7]   Gyr
Other designations
VZ Cnc, BD+10°1848, HD  73857, HIP  42594, SAO  98035, PPM  154840 [9]
Database references
SIMBAD data

VZ Cancri is a variable star in the constellation Cancer, abbreviated VZ Cnc. It varies in brightness with a period of 0.178364 days, from an apparent visual magnitude of 7.18 down to 7.91, [3] which lies below the typical threshold of visibility for the naked eye. The distance to this star is approximately 724  light years based on parallax measurements, [2] and it is receding from the Sun with a radial velocity of 25 km/s. [6]

This star was discovered to vary in brightness by B. S. Whitney in 1950, and was classified as a cluster-type Cepheid variable, [10] or RR Lyrae star. [11] In 1955, W. S. Fitch found the light curve to be variable and discovered a beat period of 0.716292 d, [12] from which is inferred a second pulsation period of 0.1428041 days. [13] H. A. Abt found that the stellar class of this star varied from A7–A9 III during peak brightness to F1–F2 III at minimum. [14] After H. J. Smith pointed out the distinctiveness of short period RR Lyrae variables in 1956, VZ Cnc has been grouped under the category of Delta Scuti variables. [15]

The star is located near the center of the instability strip. [13] Both pulsation periods for this star are in the first and second overtone; [16] it appears to lack a fundamental mode, possibly as a result of helium depletion in the outer atmosphere. [13] In 1994, an examination of five decades of data on this star suggested a variation in the period of maximum light with a cycle length of 49.3 years. [17] This could be the result of previously undetected pulsation frequencies. [16]

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