RS Persei
RS Persei is the red star closest to the centre of NGC 884, the right hand cluster (north is down). | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Perseus |
Right ascension | 2h 22m 24.288s[1] |
Declination | +57° 06′ 34.08″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.82-10.0[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M4Iab[3] |
Variable type | SRc[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −38.0±2[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −0.371±0.137[5] mas/yr Dec.: −0.931±0.165[5] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 0.6437 ± 0.0822[5] mas |
Distance | approx. 5,100 ly (approx. 1,600 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −6.18[6] |
Details | |
Mass | 12-15[7] M☉ |
Radius | 491[8] - 547[9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 33,000 - 34,000[8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | −0.2±0.05 cgs |
Temperature | 3,535±170[8] K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
RS Persei is a red supergiant variable star located in the Double Cluster in Perseus. The star's apparent magnitude varies from 7.82 to 10.0, meaning it is never visible to the naked eye.
Location[]
RS Persei is a member of the cluster NGC 884, χ Persei, one half of the famous Double Cluster.[10]
Variability[]
RS Persei is classified as a semiregular variable star, with its brightness varying from magnitude 7.82 to 10.0 over 245 days,[2] Detailed studies show that it also pulsates with a long secondary period of 4,200±1,500 days.[11]
Properties[]
RS Persei is a large cool star with a temperature of 3,500 K. This makes it luminous, although much of its radiation is emitted in the infrared. In 2005, RS Per was calculated to have a bolometric luminosity of 145,000 L☉ and a radius around 1,000 R☉.[6] More recently, 2014 calculations across all wavelengths gives the star a lower luminosity of 77,600+9,500
−8,400 L☉ based on an assumed distance, and a radius of 770±30 R☉ based on the measured angular diameter and luminosity.[7]
Even more recent measurements based on its Gaia Data Release 2 parallax gives a luminosity below 40,000 L☉ with a corresponding radius of 491 R☉.[8] It is surrounded by dust that has condensed from material lost by the star.[12]
RS Persei has sometimes been considered to be a highly evolved low mass Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) star,[13] but calculations of its current mass suggest that it is a low mass supergiant. NGC 244 is also too young to host AGB stars.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Huchra, John P.; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Light, Robert M.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Stiening, Rae; Sykes, Matthew J.; Weinberg, Martin D.; Wheaton, William A.; Wheelock, Sherry L.; Zacarias, N. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2246: II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
- ^ a b c Samus', N. N.; Goranskii, V. P.; Durlevich, O. V.; Zharova, A. V.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N.; Williams, D. B.; Hazen, M. L. (2003). "An Electronic Version of the Second Volume of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars with Improved Coordinates". Astronomy Letters. 29 (7): 468. Bibcode:2003AstL...29..468S. doi:10.1134/1.1589864. S2CID 16299532.
- ^ Saesen, S.; Carrier, F.; Pigulski, A.; Aerts, C.; Handler, G.; Narwid, A.; Fu, J. N.; Zhang, C.; Jiang, X. J.; Vanautgaerden, J.; Kopacki, G.; Stęślicki, M.; Acke, B.; Poretti, E.; Uytterhoeven, K.; Gielen, C.; Østensen, R.; De Meester, W.; Reed, M. D.; Kołaczkowski, Z.; Michalska, G.; Schmidt, E.; Yakut, K.; Leitner, A.; Kalomeni, B.; Cherix, M.; Spano, M.; Prins, S.; Van Helshoecht, V.; Zima, W.; Huygen, R.; Vandenbussche, B.; Lenz, P.; Ladjal, D.; Puga Antolín, E.; Verhoelst, T.; De Ridder, J.; Niarchos, P.; Liakos, A.; Lorenz, D.; Dehaes, S.; Reyniers, M.; Davignon, G.; Kim, S.-L.; Kim, D. H.; Lee, Y.-J.; Lee, C.-U.; Kwon, J.-H.; Broeders, E.; Van Winckel, H.; Vanhollebeke, E.; Waelkens, C.; Raskin, G.; Blom, Y.; Eggen, J. R.; Degroote, P.; Beck, P.; Puschnig, J.; Schmitzberger, L.; Gelven, G. A.; Steininger, B.; Blommaert, J.; Drummond, R.; Briquet, M.; Debosscher, J. (2010). "Photometric multi-site campaign on the open cluster NGC 884". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 515: A16. arXiv:1001.1116. Bibcode:2010A&A...515A..16S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913236. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 40932414.
- ^ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Washington. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b Levesque, Emily M.; Massey, Philip; Olsen, K. A. G.; Plez, Bertrand; Josselin, Eric; Maeder, Andre; Meynet, Georges (2005). "The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants: Cool, but Not As Cool As We Thought". The Astrophysical Journal. 628 (2): 973–985. arXiv:astro-ph/0504337. Bibcode:2005ApJ...628..973L. doi:10.1086/430901. S2CID 15109583.
- ^ a b c Baron, F.; Monnier, J. D.; Kiss, L. L.; Neilson, H. R.; Zhao, M.; Anderson, M.; Aarnio, A.; Pedretti, E.; Thureau, N.; Ten Brummelaar, T. A.; Ridgway, S. T.; McAlister, H. A.; Sturmann, J.; Sturmann, L.; Turner, N. (2014). "CHARA/MIRC Observations of Two M Supergiants in Perseus OB1: Temperature, Bayesian Modeling, and Compressed Sensing Imaging". The Astrophysical Journal. 785 (1): 46. arXiv:1405.4032. Bibcode:2014ApJ...785...46B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/785/1/46. S2CID 17085548.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Norris, Ryan P. (2019). Seeing Stars Like Never Before: A Long-term Interferometric Imaging Survey of Red Supergiants (PDF) (PhD). Georgia State University.
- ^ Mermilliod, J. C.; Mayor, M.; Udry, S. (2008). "Red giants in open clusters. XIV. Mean radial velocities for 1309 stars and 166 open clusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 485 (1): 303–314. Bibcode:2008A&A...485..303M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809664.
- ^ Kiss, L. L.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Bedding, T. R. (2006). "Variability in red supergiant stars: Pulsations, long secondary periods and convection noise". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 372 (4): 1721–1734. arXiv:astro-ph/0608438. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.372.1721K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10973.x. S2CID 5203133.
- ^ Verhoelst, T.; Van Der Zypen, N.; Hony, S.; Decin, L.; Cami, J.; Eriksson, K. (2009). "The dust condensation sequence in red supergiant stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 498 (1): 127–138. arXiv:0901.1262. Bibcode:2009A&A...498..127V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/20079063. S2CID 18383796.
- ^ Yoon, Dong-Hwan; Cho, Se-Hyung; Kim, Jaeheon; Yun, Young joo; Park, Yong-Sun (2014). "SiO and H2O Maser Survey toward Post-asymptotic Giant Branch and Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 211 (1): 15. Bibcode:2014ApJS..211...15Y. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/211/1/15.
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- M-type supergiants
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- Durchmusterung objects
- Semiregular variable stars
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