30 Piscium (HIP 154) is a solitary[9] variable star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.37.[7] Its calculated mid-value of antiposed parallax shift as the Earth moves around the Sun of very roughly 7.8859 mas, makes it around 410 light years away. Its net movement in the present epoch is one of moving closer – radial velocity (speed away from our star system) is −12 km/s.[6]

30 Piscium
Location of 30 (also called YY) Piscium (circled). It presents in a narrow triangle with two other stars of similar brightness, 27 and 33 Piscium.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 00h 01m 57.61523s[1]
Declination −06° 00′ 50.6684″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.31 – 4.41[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3 III[3]
B−V color index 1.631±0.011[4]
Variable type LPV,[5] LB?[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−11.7±0.5[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +51.158[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −39.551[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.8859 ± 0.4358 mas[1]
Distance410 ± 20 ly
(127 ± 7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.20[5]
Details
Radius73.66+16.69
−6.79
[1] R
Luminosity1,148.5±71.1[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)2[7] cgs
Temperature3,647[7] K
Other designations
30 Psc, YY Psc, BD−06° 6345, FK5 1630, HD 224935, HIP 154, HR 9089, SAO 147042[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata
A visual band light curve for YY Piscium, plotted from data published by Tabur et al. (2009)[10]

This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M3 III,[3] indicating it has exhausted the hydrogen at its core and evolved off the main sequence. It is a candidate long-period variable star[5] and has been given the designation YY Psc.[11] It varies in brightness between magnitudes 4.31 and 4.41 with no clear period. Possible periods of 23.1, 32.0, 53.6, and 167.8 days have been identified.[10] The star has 74 times the Sun's radius and is radiating 1,148.5[1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,647 K.[7]

References edit

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  2. ^ a b Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S. 1. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
  3. ^ a b Keenan, P.; McNeil, R. (October 1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 71: 245–266, Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K, doi:10.1086/191373.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c Rimoldini, L.; et al. (December 2012), "Automated classification of Hipparcos unsolved variables", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (4): 2917–2937, arXiv:1301.1545, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427.2917R, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21752.x, S2CID 119191320.
  6. ^ a b de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
  7. ^ a b c d Pérez Martínez, M. I.; et al. (November 2014), "The non-active stellar chromosphere: Ca II basal flux", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445 (1): 270–279, Bibcode:2014MNRAS.445..270P, doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1706.
  8. ^ "30 Psc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  9. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
  10. ^ a b Tabur, V; Bedding, T. R; Kiss, L. L; Moon, T. T; Szeidl, B; Kjeldsen, H (2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 400 (4): 1945. arXiv:0908.3228. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.400.1945T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x. S2CID 15358380.
  11. ^ Kukarkin, B. V.; et al. (January 1975), "60th Name-List of Variable Stars", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 961: 1, Bibcode:1975IBVS..961....1K.