Y Lyncis

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Y Lyncis
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A visual band light curve for Y Lyncis, adapted from Percy et al. (2001). [1] The top panel shows the brightness variation over a period of several years, and the lower panel shows shorter time scale variations.
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Lynx
Right ascension 07h 28m 11.61657s [2]
Declination +45° 59′ 26.2295″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.2 - 8.9 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M6S Ib [4]
Variable type SRc [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)5.50±0.6 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −1.278 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −4.067 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.8068 ± 0.1138  mas [2]
Distance 1,160 ± 50  ly
(360 ± 10  pc)
Details
Mass 1.5 - 2.0 [3]   M☉
Radius 580 [3]   R☉
Luminosity 10,765 [6]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)0.0 [7]   cgs
Temperature 3,200 [7]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.19 [7]   dex
Other designations
Y  Lyn, HD  58521, BD+46°1271, HIP  36288, SAO  41784
Database references
SIMBAD data

Y Lyncis is a semiregular variable star in the constellation Lynx. It is an asymptotic giant branch star of spectral type M6S, with a luminosity class of Ib, indicating a supergiant luminosity. It is around 1,160 light years away.

Y Lyncis ranges in brightness from magnitude 6.2 to 8.9. Its changes in brightness are complex with at least two different periods showing. The General Catalogue of Variable Stars lists a period of 110 days. [8] More recent studies show a primary pulsation period of 133 days, with and a long secondary period with an amplitude of 0.2 magnitudes and duration 1,300 days. The long secondary period variations are possibly caused by long-lived convection cells. [9]

Y Lyncis has a mass around 1.5-2.0 M☉ and a luminosity around 10,000 L☉. It is a thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch star, an evolved star with a carbon-oxygen core that is fusing helium in a shell and hydrogen in a separate shell. [10] It is also an S-type star, where third dredge-ups have brought some carbon to the surface, but not enough to create a carbon star. [6]

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References

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