R Puppis

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R Puppis
Puppis constellation map.svg
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Location of R Puppis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 07h 40m 52.597s [1]
Declination −31° 39′ 40.20″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.50 - 6.71 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G2 0-Ia [3]
U−B color index +0.85 [4]
B−V color index +1.18 [4]
Variable type SRd [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+68.22 [1]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −2.251 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: +3.222 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.2440 ± 0.0180  mas [1]
Distance 13,400 ± 1,000  ly
(4,100 ± 300  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−7.8 [5]
Details
Mass 14.3 [6]   M☉
Radius 477+28
−22 [7]   R☉
Luminosity 96,600±26,100 [7]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)0.30 [8]   cgs
Temperature 5,495; (4,100±68 –6,500) [8]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.25 [8]   dex
Other designations
CD−31°4910, GSC  07106-03582, HIP  37415, HR  2974, HD  62058
Database references
SIMBAD data
NGC 2439, with R Puppis the brightest star NGC 2439 DSS.jpg
NGC 2439, with R Puppis the brightest star

R Puppis is a variable star in the constellation Puppis. It is a rare yellow hypergiant and a candidate member of the open cluster NGC 2439. It is also an MK spectral standard for the class G2 0-Ia. [9]

Variability

A visual band light curve for R Puppis, plotted from ASAS data RPupLightCurve.png
A visual band light curve for R Puppis, plotted from ASAS data

R Puppis was identified as a variable star in 1879, and described as having a range of over a magnitude. [11] Numerous observations over the following 100 years failed to confirm the variations, until the 1970s when clear brightness changes were observed. [12] These were confirmed by later observations, but with a total visual amplitude of only about 0.2 magnitudes. [11]

Variable stars such as R Puppis have been described as pseudo-Cepheids, because they lie above the high-luminosity portion of the instability strip and their variations are similar to those of Cepheids although less regular. [11] R Puppis is formally classified as a semiregular variable of type SRd, meaning F, G, or K giants or supergiants. [2]

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References

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