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S Arae

Alight curvefor S Arae, adapted from Chadidet al.(2010)[1]
Observation data
EpochJ2000.0EquinoxJ2000.0(ICRS)
Constellation Ara
Right ascension 17h59m10.7311s[2]
Declination −49° 26′ 00.453″[2]
Apparent magnitude(V) 9.92 to 11.24[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3 II[4]
B−Vcolor index 0.9[2]
Variable type RRab[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity(Rv)185 ± 655.35[2]km/s
Proper motion(μ)RA:−26.24[2]mas/yr
Dec.:−8.44[2]mas/yr
Parallax(π)1.1191 ± 0.0431mas[5]
Distance2,900 ± 100ly
(890 ± 30pc)
Absolute magnitude(MV)+0.78 – +0.93[6]
Details
Mass0.51 – 0.62[6]M
Radius3.01[5]R
Luminosity27[5]L
Surface gravity(logg)+2.9[6]cgs
Temperature6,563[5]K
Metallicity[Fe/H]−0.90[6]dex
Other designations
S Ara,CD−49°11833,CPD−49°10361,HIP88064[2]
Database references
SIMBADdata

S Arae(S Ara) is anRR Lyrae-typepulsatingvariable starin theconstellationofAra.[2]It has anapparent visual magnitudewhich varies between 9.92 and 11.24 during its 10.85-hour pulsation period,[1][3]and it exhibits theBlazhko effect.[6]

References

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  1. ^abChadid, M.; Vernin, J.; Mekarnia, D.; Chapellier, E.; Trinquet, H.; Bono, G. (June–July 2010)."First Antarctica light curve PAIX monitoring of the Blazhko RR Lyrae star: S Arae".Astronomy & Astrophysics.516.Bibcode:2010A&A...516L..15C.doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014857.Retrieved24 October2021.
  2. ^abcdefgh"V* S Ara".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved10 November2009.
  3. ^abcS Ara, database entry,The combined table of GCVS Vols I-III and NL 67–78 with improved coordinates, General Catalogue of Variable StarsArchived20 June 2017 at theWayback Machine,Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line 10 November 2009.
  4. ^Stock, J.; Wroblewski, H. (1972). "A southern objective prism survey".Publ. Obs. Astron. Nacional.2:59.Bibcode:1972PDAUC...2...59S.
  5. ^abcdBrown, A. G. A.;et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018)."GaiaData 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 sourceatVizieR.
  6. ^abcdeZalian, C.; Chadid, M.; Vernin, J.; Abe, L.; Agabi, A. (2016)."Antarctica photometry of the Blazhko RR Lyrae star S Arae".Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.456(1): 192.Bibcode:2016MNRAS.456..192Z.doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2611.