R Apodis

R Apodis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Apus
Right ascension 14h 57m 52.98352s[1]
Declination −76° 39′ 45.5569″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.36±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K4 III:[3]
B−V color index +1.44[4]
Variable type constant[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−31.20±0.08[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −69.161 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: −16.583 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)7.8879 ± 0.0867 mas[1]
Distance413 ± 5 ly
(127 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.22±0.16[7]
Details[6]
Mass1.10±0.18 M☉
Radius33.9±0.9[1] R☉
Luminosity293+9
−10[1] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.99±0.05 cgs
Temperature4,318±18 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.29±0.05 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.64±0.45 km/s
Age5.68±2.42 Gyr
Other designations
18 G. Apodis[8], R Aps, CD−76°688, CPD−76°924, FK5 3175, GC 20057, HD 131109, HIP 73223, HR 5540, SAO 257212
Database references
SIMBADdata

R Apodis (HD 131109; HR 5540; 18 G. Apodis) is a solitary star[9] in the constellation Apus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.36.[2] Parallax measurements imply a distance of 413 light-years[1] and it is drifting closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −31.2 km/s.[6] At its current distance, R Apodis' brightness is diminished by an interstellar extinction of 0.26 magnitudes[10] and it has an absolute magnitude of −0.22.[7]

HD 131109 was the first star observed to be variable in the constellation; It was first discovered in 1873 by Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Later, it was hastily given the variable star designation R Apodis in a 1907 variable star catalogue despite it being a suspected variable star at the time.[11] However, observations conducted in a 1952 field star survey revealed that R Apodis was not variable at all.[12] Keenan & Pitts (1980) found that it varied between magnitudes 5.5 and 6.1, but this was never confirmed.[13] Hipparcos photometric data revealed that R Apodis indeed had a constant brightness.[14] It has since been listed as a class CST: in the General Catalog of Variable Stars.[5]

R Apodis has a stellar classification of K4 III:,[3] indicating that it is an evolved K-type giant that has ceased hydrogen fusion at its core and left the main sequence. However, there is uncertainty about the luminosity class. It has a comparable mass to the Sun at 1.1 solar masses but, at the age of 5.68 billion years, it has expanded to 23 times the radius of the Sun.[6] It radiates 293 times the luminosity of the Sun[1] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,318 K.[6] R Apodis is metal deficient with an iron abundance roughly half of the Sun's[6] and it spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity lower than 1.3 km/s.[15]

References

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  2. ^ a b Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27 – L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 17128864.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ Cousins, A. W. J. (1977). "Cape UBV magnitudes and colours of South circumpolar stars". South African Astronomical Observatory Circulars. 1: 51. Bibcode:1977SAAOC...1...51C.
  5. ^ 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.
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  8. ^ Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1878). "Uranometria Argentina : brillantez y posicion de las estrellas fijas, hasta la septima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austral : con atlas". Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino. 1. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G.
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  10. ^ Gontcharov, George A.; Mosenkov, Aleksandr V. (28 September 2017). "Verifying reddening and extinction for Gaia DR1 TGAS main sequence stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472 (4): 3805–3820. arXiv:1709.01160. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.3805G. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2219. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 118879856.
  11. ^ Cannon, Annie J. (1907). "Second catalogue of variable stars". Annals of Harvard College Observatory. 55: 1–94. Bibcode:1907AnHar..55....1C. S2CID 116966328.
  12. ^ Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne; Gaposchkin, Sergei; Menzel, Donald Howard (1952). "Variable stars in Milton field 54". Annals of Harvard College Observatory. 115: 1–10. Bibcode:1952AnHar.115....1P.
  13. ^ Keenan, P. C.; Pitts, R. E. (April 1980). "Revised MK spectral types for G, K ANS M stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 42: 541–563. Bibcode:1980ApJS...42..541K. doi:10.1086/190662. ISSN 0067-0049.
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