MZ Puppis

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MZ Puppis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 08h 04m 16.19s[1]
Declination −32° 40′ 29.4″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.2 - 5.44[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Red supergiant
Spectral type M1Iab-Ib[3]
Variable type LC[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+35.90[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -6.076[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 5.961[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.3931 ± 0.1681[1] mas
Distanceapprox. 2,300 ly
(approx. 720 pc)
Details
Radius400[5] R☉
Luminosity26,550 - 28,580[5] L☉
Temperature3,745±170[5] K
Database references
SIMBADdata

MZ Puppis is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Puppis. It has a radius of 400 R☉.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e 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.
  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: B/gcvs. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
  3. ^ Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989). "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 71: 245. Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K. doi:10.1086/191373.
  4. ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 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.
  5. ^ a b c d Messineo, M.; Brown, A. G. A. (2019). "A Catalog of Known Galactic K-M Stars of Class I Candidate Red Supergiants in Gaia DR2". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (1): 20. arXiv:1905.03744. Bibcode:2019AJ....158...20M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab1cbd. S2CID 148571616.


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