RV Corvi is an eclipsing binary star system in the southern constellation of Corvus. The brightness of the pair regularly ranges in apparent visual magnitude from 8.6 down to 9.16 over a period 18 hours,[4] even the brightest of which is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. The system is located at a distance of approximately 690 light-years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of ~19 km/s.[8]

RV Corvi

A light curve for RV Corvi, plotted from TESS data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Corvus
Right ascension 12h 37m 40.711s[2]
Declination −19° 34′ 40.03″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.77[3] (8.6 - 9.16)[4]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type F0V[5] (F0 + G0)[6]
B−V color index 0.404±0.026[3]
Variable type β Lyr[7]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)19.0±4.6[8] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −29.326 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: 8.954 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)4.7351 ± 0.0812 mas[2]
Distance690 ± 10 ly
(211 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.32[3]
Orbit[9]
Period (P)0.7473 d
Eccentricity (e)0.00
Periastron epoch (T)2445792.3578
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
0.00°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
64 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
235 km/s
Details
Primary
Mass1.64±0.14[9] M
Radius2.16 or 2.18 ± 0.08[9] R
Luminosity8.4 or 8.5 ± 0.6[9] L
Secondary
Mass0.44±0.03[9] M
Radius1.19 or 1.20 ±0.04[9] R
Luminosity1.2 or 1.5 ± 0.1[9] L
Other designations
RV Crv, BD−18° 3431, HD 109796, HIP 61620[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

The variability of this system was discovered by H. H. Swope.[11] In 1942, Irene G. Buttery published an orbital period of 0.74728 days for the system, showing this is an eclipsing binary.[12] It is a near-contact binary with both stars showing the effect of tidal interactions and the facing sides are less than 10% of the orbital separation apart, but are not in contact.[13] One or both stars may show an excess of luminosity on their facing sides.[9] The system is composed of stars of spectral types F0 and G0, which orbit each other every 0.7473 days.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d 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 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 Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "RV Corvi". The International Variable Star Index. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Vol. 4. Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan. Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
  6. ^ a b Malkov, O. Yu.; et al. (2006). "A catalogue of eclipsing variables". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 446 (2): 785–89. Bibcode:2006A&A...446..785M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053137. hdl:10995/73280.
  7. ^ 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. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  8. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. S2CID 119231169.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h McFarlane, T. M.; et al. (December 1986). "Contact and near-contact binary systems - V. RV Corvi". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 223 (3): 595–606. Bibcode:1986MNRAS.223..595M. doi:10.1093/mnras/223.3.595.
  10. ^ "RV Crv". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  11. ^ Abhyankar, K. D.; Parthasarathy, M.; Sanwal, N. B.; Sarma, M. B. K. (January 1974). "UBV photometry of RV CrV". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 13: 101. Bibcode:1974A&AS...13..101A.
  12. ^ Buttery, Irene G. (1942). "Twenty-two new variable stars in MWF 10". Annals of Harvard College Observatory. 109: 25–26. Bibcode:1942AnHar.109...25B.
  13. ^ Shaw, J. Scott; et al. (April 1996). "Near-Contact Binary Systems in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey". Astrophysical Journal. 461: 951. Bibcode:1996ApJ...461..951S. doi:10.1086/177116.