Epsilon Muscae, Latinized as ε Muscae, is a red giant star of spectral type M5III in the constellation Musca.[5] Originally a main-sequence star of around 2 solar masses,[7] it is now on the asymptotic giant branch[4] and has now expanded to 117 times the Sun's diameter and 1,700 its luminosity.[7] It is a semiregular variable, varying between visual magnitudes 4.0 and 4.3[3] in eight distinct periods ranging from a month to over half a year in length.[5] It is located around 326 light-years distant,[2] the same distance as the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association, although it is moving much faster at around 100 km/s and does not share a common origin.[8]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Musca |
| Right ascension | 12h 17m 34.27564s[2] |
| Declination | −67° 57′ 38.65252″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.0 – 4.3[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | asymptotic giant branch[4] |
| Spectral type | M5 III[5] |
| Variable type | SRb[3] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 7.1±0.7[citation needed] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −230.607±0.187 mas/yr[2] Dec.: −26.206±0.263 mas/yr[2] |
| Parallax (π) | 9.9915 ± 0.2 mas[2] |
| Distance | 326 ± 7 ly (100 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.77[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2±0.3[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 116±9[7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1,738[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 0.6±0.02[7] cgs |
| Temperature | 3,470±125[7] K |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
References
edit- ^ "/ftp/cats/more/HIP/cdroms/cats". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Strasbourg astronomical Data Center. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c 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 255195566.
- ^ a b Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992), "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun", Astronomical Journal, 104 (1): 275–313, Bibcode:1992AJ....104..275E, doi:10.1086/116239.
- ^ a b c 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): 1945–1961. arXiv:0908.3228. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.400.1945T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x. S2CID 15358380.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f Kallinger, T.; Beck, P. G.; Hekker, S.; Huber, D.; Kuschnig, R.; Rockenbauer, M.; Winter, P. M.; Weiss, W. W.; Handler, G.; Moffat, A. F. J.; Pigulski, A.; Popowicz, A.; Wade, G. A.; Zwintz, K. (2019-04-01), "Stellar masses from granulation and oscillations of 23 bright red giants observed by BRITE-Constellation", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 624: A35, arXiv:1902.07531, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834514, ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ Kaler, Jim. "Epsilon Muscae". Stars. University of Illinois. Retrieved 21 December 2013.