AV Microscopii

AV Microscopii

A broad-band optical light curve for AV Microscopii, plotted from data published by Tabur et al. (2009)[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Microscopium
Right ascension 20h 41m 24.66513s[2]
Declination −42° 08′ 01.6196″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.28[3] (6.25 – 6.35)[4]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4 III[5]
B−V color index 1.584±0.019[3]
Variable type LC:[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−22.9±0.9[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +46.627[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −32.891[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.3815 ± 0.1715 mas[2]
Distance740 ± 30 ly
(228 ± 9 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.40[3]
Details
Radius77.5+3.2
−16.4[2] R☉
Luminosity849±38[2] L☉
Temperature3,539+448
−70[2] K
Other designations
AV Mic, CD−42°15034, HD 196829, HIP 102096, SAO 230323[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

AV Microscopii is a variable star in the southern constellation of Microscopium. It is a dim, red-hued star near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of 6.28.[3] The star is located approximately 740 light years away from the Sun, based on parallax,[2] but is moving closer with a radial velocity of −23 km/s.[3] It is a member of the Milky Way's old disk population.[7]

Based upon a stellar classification of M4 III,[5] this is an aging red giant star,[5] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then expanded to around 78[2] times the Sun's radius. Earlier it had been classed as M3 II,[8] with the luminosity class of a bright giant. Samus et al. (2017) have it tentatively classified as an irregular variable of subtype LC, suggesting this is a supergiant star.[4] It is a pulsating variable with multiple periods discovered,[1] ranging in apparent visual magnitude between 6.25 and 6.35.[4][9] The star radiates 849 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,539 K.[2]

Pulsation periods[1]
Period (days) 22.3 23.3 30.3 31.0 32.3 45.0 110.7
Amplitude (mag.) 0.038 0.050 0.017 0.027 0.019 0.025 0.018

References

  1. ^ a b c Tabur, V.; et al. (December 2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 400 (4): 1945–1961. arXiv:0908.3228. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.400.1945T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x. S2CID 15358380.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644.
  4. ^ a b c d Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars". Astronomy Reports. 5.1. 61 (1): 80–88. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. S2CID 125853869.
  5. ^ a b c Houk, Nancy (1978). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Vol. 2. Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan. Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
  6. ^ "AV Mic". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  7. ^ Eggen, O. J. (August 1976). "A sample of old-disk-population red giants". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 88: 426–443. Bibcode:1976PASP...88..426E. doi:10.1086/129965.
  8. ^ Evans, David S.; et al. (1959). "Fundamental data for southern stars (Second List)". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 119 (6): 638. Bibcode:1959MNRAS.119..638E. doi:10.1093/mnras/119.6.638.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher (28 September 2009). "AV Microscopii". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 20 March 2015.