DL Crucis

DL Crucis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Crux
Right ascension 12h 14m 16.9255s[1]
Declination 64° 24 30.662[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.261[2] (6.24 - 6.28[3])
Characteristics
Spectral type B1.5Ia[4]
U−B color index 0.73[5]
B−V color index 0.12[5]
Variable type Alpha Cygni[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-10.50[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -5.62[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 0.15[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.68 ± 0.38[1] mas
Distanceapprox. 5,000 ly
(approx. 1,500 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)7.66
Details
Mass30[4] M
Radius40.7[7] R
Luminosity242,000[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.50[4] cgs
Temperature20,100[4] K
Rotation43[4]
Other designations
DL Cru, HIP 59678, HD 106343, CD-63° 732, HR 4653, GSC 08982-04743, CPD-63° 2203, GC 16707, SAO 251803
Database references
SIMBADdata

DL Crucis is a variable star in the constellation Crux. It is a blue-white supergiant of spectral type B1.5Ia, with a radius around 40 times and a mass 30 times that of the Sun. An Alpha Cygni variable, it ranges between apparent magnitudes 6.24 and 6.28 over a period of roughly 2 days 21 hours.[2] Hence it is just visible with the unaided eye in an outer suburban/rural transition sky.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  2. 1 2 3 Lefèvre, L.; Marchenko, S. V.; Moffat, A. F. J.; Acker, A. (2009). "A systematic study of variability among OB-stars based on HIPPARCOS photometry". Astronomy and Astrophysics 507 (2): 1141–1201. Bibcode:2009A&A...507.1141L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912304. ISSN 0004-6361.
  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: 02025. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Fraser, M.; Dufton, P. L.; Hunter, I.; Ryans, R. S. I. (2010). "Atmospheric parameters and rotational velocities for a sample of Galactic B-type supergiants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 404: 1306. arXiv:1001.3337. Bibcode:2010MNRAS.404.1306F. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16392.x. ISSN 0035-8711.
  5. 1 2 Schild, R. E.; Garrison, R. F.; Hiltner, W. A. (1983). "UBV photometry for southern OB stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 51: 321. Bibcode:1983ApJS...51..321S. doi:10.1086/190852. ISSN 0067-0049.
  6. Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. ISSN 1063-7737.
  7. 1 2 Lamers, Henny J. G. L. M.; Snow, Theodore P.; Lindholm, Douglas M. (1995). "Terminal Velocities and the Bistability of Stellar Winds". The Astrophysical Journal 455: 269. Bibcode:1995ApJ...455..269L. doi:10.1086/176575. ISSN 0004-637X.
  8. Bortle, John E. (February 2001). "The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale". Sky & Telescope. Sky Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 28 June 2014.


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