V357 Carinae

This article is about a Carinae. For A Carinae, see HR 2554. For α Carinae, see Canopus.

V357 Carinae

Location of a Carinae (circled in red)
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Carina
Right ascension	09^h 10^m 58.086^s[1]
Declination	−58° 58′ 0.82″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	+3.41 - 3.44[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	B2IV-V[3]
Variable type	Eclipsing[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	23.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −16.64[1] mas/yr Dec.: 15.00 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	7.30 ± 0.35 mas[1]
Distance	450 ± 20 ly (137 ± 7 pc)
Orbit[5]
Period (P)	6.74469 d
Eccentricity (e)	0.18
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary)	21.5 km/s
Details
Aa1
Mass	9.15[6] M☉
Radius	5.0[7] R☉
Surface gravity (log g)	4.0[7] cgs
Temperature	21,744[7] K
Age	18.7[8] Myr
Aa2
Mass	1.10[6] M☉
Other designations
V357 Car, a Carinae, HR 3659, HD 79351, HIP 45080
Database references
SIMBAD	data

V357 Carinae (a Car, a Carinae)[n 1] is an astrometric and spectroscopic binary in the constellation Carina. It is approximately 419 light years from Earth. The mean apparent magnitude of the system is +3.43. Outside of brightly-lit urban areas, it is easily visible to the naked eye. The star appears 46.0' (0.7668°) ENE of Iota Carinae at the heart of the asterism and constellation which is skewed in having bulk of the stars away from the eastern, Canopus prow of the ship and close to the imagined sails of the ship, Vela.

Properties

A light curve for V357 Carinae, plotted from TESS data[9]

In 1959, Sergei Illarionovich Gaposchkin announced his discovery that the star, then known as a Carinae, is a variable star.[10] It was given its variable star designation, V357 Carinae, in 1977.[11] The star's brightness varies from magnitude +3.41 to +3.44 with a period of 6.74 days, which is its orbital period. It was classified as an eclipsing binary in Gaposchkin's original catalogue of variable stars,[11] although the variability was often considered doubtful.[3] It is now thought most likely to be a very shallow eclipsing binary.[2]

V357 Carinae is an astrometric binary, meaning its motion in the sky implies orbital motion about an invisible companion. It is also a single-lined spectroscopic binary, and possibly a triple system.[12] The two closest components orbit each other in 6.74 days, while the observed astrometric motion is much longer.[6]

Notes

1. Pronounced: lower-case /eɪ/ /ˈkærɪnaɪ/ or /kæˈriːnaɪ/

References

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2. Avvakumova, E. A.; Malkov, O. Yu.; Kniazev, A. Yu. (2013). "Eclipsing variables: Catalogue and classification". Astronomische Nachrichten. 334 (8): 860. Bibcode:2013AN....334..860A. doi:10.1002/asna.201311942. hdl:10995/27061.
3. 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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9. "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
10. Gaposchkin, Sergei (May 1959). "On γ Velorum, ɛ Carinae and a Carinae as eclipsing variables". Astronomical Journal. 64: 127. Bibcode:1959AJ.....64..127G. doi:10.1086/107899. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
11. Kukarkin, B. V.; Kholopov, P. N.; Fedorovich, V. P.; Kireyeva, N. N.; Kukarkina, N. P.; Medvedeva, G. I.; Perova, N. B. (1977). "62nd Name-List of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 1248: 1. Bibcode:1977IBVS.1248....1K.
12. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.