R Cassiopeiae

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R Cassiopeiae
File:RCasLightCurve.png
The visual band light curve of R Cassiopeiae, from AAVSO data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cassiopeia[2]
Right ascension Template:RA[3]
Declination Template:DEC[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.4 to 13.5[4]
Characteristics
Spectral type M6e–M10e[4]
U−B Template:Engvar +0.08[5]
B−V Template:Engvar +1.83[5]
Variable type Mira[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 82.847[3] mas/yr
Dec.: 17.485[3] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.7423±0.2011 mas[3]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Details
Mass0.59[7] Template:Solar mass
Radius263[7] Template:Solar radius
Luminosity8,960[8] Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)−0.50[9] cgs
Temperature2,812[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.50[9] dex
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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R Cassiopeiae is a variable star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is located approximately 570 light years distant from the Sun, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −23 km/s.[6] This is a pulsating Mira-type variable star with a brightness that varies from magnitude +4.4 down to +13.5 over a period of 433.6 days.[4] At its maximum brightness, R Cassiopeiae is visible to the naked eye as a faint, red-hued star.

Norman Robert Pogson discovered the star, in 1853.[11][12] This aging red giant star has a stellar classification that varies from M6e to M10e,[4] where the 'e' suffix indicates emission features in the spectrum. Currently on the asymptotic giant branch,[13] it has 59%[7] of the mass of the Sun with an oxygen rich chemical abundance.[14] Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, the star has expanded to 263[7] times the Sun's radius. On average, the star is radiating 3,837[7] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere with an effective temperature ranging around 2,812 K.[7] It is losing mass at the rate of Script error: No such module "val".[8] and is surrounded by a dusty circumstellar shell that extends out to Script error: No such module "val"..[14]

See also

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