RT Carinae

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RT Carinae
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RT Carinae is the bright orange star south of the Trumpler 15 cluster.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 10h 44m 47.148s [1]
Declination −59° 24′ 48.1228″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)8.36 [2] (8.2 - 9.9 [3] )
Characteristics
Spectral type M2+ Iab [4]
B−V color index +2.31 [2]
Variable type LC [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−21.95±0.58 [1]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −7.432  mas/yr [1]
Dec.: 2.851  mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)0.438 ± 0.027  mas [5]
Distance 6,990+401
−333  ly
(2,144+123
−102  pc) [5]
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−6.74 [2]
Details [2]
Radius 1,090  R☉
Luminosity (bolometric)129,000 [6]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)−0.3  cgs
Temperature 3,625  K
Other designations
RT  Car, HD  303310, HIP  52562, SAO  238424, CD −58°3538, AAVSO  1040-58
Database references
SIMBAD data

RT Carinae, also known as CD-58 3538, is a red supergiant and a variable star, located 7,000 light years away in the constellation Carina. It is in the Carina Nebula. The average apparent magnitude of +8.55, too faint to be visible to the naked eye.

Characteristics

RT Carinae is a red supergiant with a spectral type of M2+ Iab [4] and has a temperature of 3,660 K. [2] With a diameter 1,090 times that of the Sun, it is one of the largest stars known. [2] It is estimated to be 130,000 times more luminous than the Sun. [6] It is close to the open cluster Trumpler 15, but is not thought to be a member. [7] It appears to be surrounded by a dusty nebula, possibly material ejected from the star itself. [8]

A visual band light curve for RT Carinae, plotted from ASAS data RTCarLightCurve.png
A visual band light curve for RT Carinae, plotted from ASAS data

It is catalogued as an irregular variable star, but a number of possible pulsation periods have been detected. Analysis from observations over 40 years give variations with periods of 201 and 448 days, with other studies suggesting periods of 100 and 1,400 days. [10]

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References

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  8. ↑ Forte, J. C.; Marraco, H. G. (1986). "RT Carinae; a late type supergiant within an elongated dusty nebula". Astrophysical Letters. 25: 39. Bibcode:1986ApL....25...39F.
  9. ↑ "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Kiss, L. L.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Bedding, T. R. (2006). "Variability in red supergiant stars: Pulsations, long secondary periods and convection noise". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 372 (4): 1721–1734. arXiv: astro-ph/0608438 . Bibcode:2006MNRAS.372.1721K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10973.x. S2CID   5203133.
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