Red giant star in the constellation Pavo
NU Pavonis (N-U, not "nu") is a variable star in the southern constellation of Pavo . With an apparent visual magnitude of about 5, it is a faint star but visible to the naked eye . The distance to NU Pav, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 6.9 mas [ 1] as seen from Earth's orbit, is around 480 light years . It is moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s.[ 5]
A visual band light curve for NU Pavonis, plotted from data published by Tabur et al. (2009)[ 10]
This is an aging red giant with a stellar classification of M6 III,[ 4] currently on the asymptotic giant branch . Peter M. Corben listed HR 7625 as a possible variable star in 1971.[ 11] It was given its variable star designation , NU Pavonis, in 1973.[ 12] It is a semiregular variable star of sub-type SRb that ranges in magnitude from 4.91 down to 5.26 with a period of 60 days.[ 7] The star has expanded to 204 times the Sun's radius [ 7] and is radiating 7,412 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere [ 1] at an effective temperature of 3,516 K .[ 7]
Far-ultraviolet emission has been detected from the position of this star, which may be coming from a companion star.[ 8]
References
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XHIP record for this object at VizieR .
^ a b Samus', N. N; Kazarovets, E. V; Durlevich, O. V; Kireeva, N. N; Pastukhova, E. N (2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports . 61 (1): 80. Bibcode :2017ARep...61...80S . doi :10.1134/S1063772917010085 . S2CID 125853869 .
^ Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars Near the Sun". The Astronomical Journal . 104 : 275. Bibcode :1992AJ....104..275E . doi :10.1086/116239 .
^ a b Houk, Nancy; Cowley, A. P. (1979). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars . Vol. 1. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan. Bibcode :1978mcts.book.....H .
^ 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 .
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^ a b c d e f Arroyo-Torres, B.; et al. (June 2014). "VLTI/AMBER observations of cold giant stars: atmospheric structures and fundamental parameters". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 566 : 11. arXiv :1404.7384 . Bibcode :2014A&A...566A..88A . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201323264 . S2CID 16778588 . A88.
^ a b Ortiz, Roberto; Guerrero, Martín A. (2016). "Ultraviolet emission from main-sequence companions of AGB stars" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 461 (3): 3036. arXiv :1606.09086 . Bibcode :2016MNRAS.461.3036O . doi :10.1093/mnras/stw1547 . S2CID 118619933 .
^ "NU Pav" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 5 September 2018 .
^ Tabur, V.; Bedding, T. R.; Kiss, L. L.; Moon, T. T.; Szeidl, B.; Kjeldsen, H. (December 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 .
^ Corben, P. M. (1971). "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars". Monthly Notes of the Astron. Soc. Southern Africa . 30 : 37– 50. Bibcode :1971MNSSA..30...37C .
^ Kukarkin, B. V.; Kholopov, P. N.; Kukarkina, N. P.; Perova, N. B. (October 1973). "59th Name-List of Variable Stars" (PDF) . Information Bulletin on Variable Stars . 834 : 1– 22. Bibcode :1973IBVS..834....1K . Retrieved 14 December 2024 .