BC Canis Minoris

BC Canis Minoris

A visual band light curve for BC Canis Minoris, plotted from data presented by Tabur et al. (2009)[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Canis Minor
Right ascension 07h 52m 07.19000s[2]
Declination 03° 16′ 38.4465″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.30[3] (6.14 to 6.42)[4]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB[5]
Spectral type M4/5III[6]
B−V color index 1.464±0.015[3]
Variable type SRb[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−66.91±0.24[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +49.415[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −78.835[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.2916 ± 0.1748 mas[2]
Distance520 ± 10 ly
(159 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.36[3]
Details
Radius60.4+7.6
−10.3[2] R☉
Luminosity496.7±15.9[2] L☉
Temperature3,507+344
−201[2] K
Other designations
BC CMi, BD+03°1824, HD 64052, HIP 38406, HR 3061, SAO 116054[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

BC Canis Minoris is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor. It has a reddish hue and is just barely visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 6.30.[3] The distance to this object is approximately 520 light years based on parallax,[2] but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −67 km/s.[3]

In 1962, Alan William James Cousins announced that HR 3061 is a variable star.[8] It was given its variable star designation, BC Canis Minoris, in 1975.[9] It is an aging red giant star currently on the asymptotic giant branch[5] with a stellar classification of M4/5III.[6] It is a semi-regular variable of subtype SRb[4] with measured pulsation periods of 27.7, 143.3 and 208.3 days, and an average visual magnitude of 6.30.[10] With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted, it has cooled and expanded off the main sequence and now has around 60[2] times the girth of the Sun. On average, the star is radiating about 497[2] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,507 K.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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 d e f 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 c 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.
  5. ^ a b Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun". Astronomical Journal. 104 (1): 275–313. Bibcode:1992AJ....104..275E. doi:10.1086/116239.
  6. ^ a b Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars". Michigan Spectral Survey. 5. Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
  7. ^ "BC CMi". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  8. ^ Cousins, A. W. J. (1963). "Photometric Data for Stars in the Equatorial Zone (Fourth List)". Monthly Notes of the Astron. Soc. Southern Africa. 22: 58–62. Bibcode:1963MNSSA..22...58C. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  9. ^ Kukarkin, B. V.; Kholopov, P. N.; Kukarkina, N. P.; Perova, N. B. (January 1975). "60th Name-List of Variable Stars" (PDF). Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 961: 1–15. Bibcode:1975IBVS..961....1K. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  10. ^ Tabur, V.; Bedding, T. R. (2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 400 (4): 1945–61. arXiv:0908.3228. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.400.1945T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x. S2CID 15358380.