RS Persei

RS Persei

RS Persei is the red star near the centre of NGC 884 (the right hand cluster)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Perseus
Right ascension 2h 22m 24.297s[1]
Declination +57° 0.6′ 34.36″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.82-10.0[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4Iab[3]
Variable type SRc[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-38.0±2[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -5.7±1.8[5] mas/yr
Dec.: -1.4±1.7[5] mas/yr
Distance2,345±55[6] pc
Absolute magnitude (MV)−6.18[7]
Details[6]
Mass12-15 M☉
Radius740-800 R☉
Luminosity70,000 - 87,000 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)−0.2 ± 0.05 cgs
Temperature3470  ±  90 K
Other designations
RS Per, HD 14488, BD +56°583, 2MASS J02222428+5706340, AAVSO 0215+56A
Database references
SIMBADdata

RS Persei is a red supergiant variable star located in the Double Cluster in Perseus. Its brightness varies from magnitude 7.82 to 10.0.

Location

RS Persei is a member of the cluster NGC 884, χ Persei, one half of the famous Double Cluster.[8]

Variability

RS Persei is classified as a semiregular variable star, with its brightness varying from magnitude 7.82 to 10.0 over 245 days,[2] Detailed studies show that it also pulsates with a long secondary period period of 4200 ± 1500 days.[9]

Properties

RS Persei is a large cool star, 3,500 K and over 700 R☉. This makes it luminous, although much of its radiation is emitted in the infrared. Across all wavelengths it is at least 70,000 times as luminous as the sun. It is surrounded by dust that has condensed from material lost by the star.[10]

RS Persei has sometimes been considered to be a highly evolved low mass Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) star,[11] but calculations of its current mass suggest that it is a low mass supergiant. NGC 244 is also too young to host AGB stars.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Roeser, S.; Bastian, U. (1988). "A new star catalogue of SAO type". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 74: 449. Bibcode:1988A&AS...74..449R.
  2. 1 2 3 Samus', N. N.; Goranskii, V. P.; Durlevich, O. V.; Zharova, A. V.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N.; Williams, D. B.; Hazen, M. L. (2003). "An Electronic Version of the Second Volume of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars with Improved Coordinates". Astronomy Letters 29 (7): 468. Bibcode:2003AstL...29..468S. doi:10.1134/1.1589864.
  3. ↑ Saesen, S.; Carrier, F.; Pigulski, A.; Aerts, C.; Handler, G.; Narwid, A.; Fu, J. N.; Zhang, C.; Jiang, X. J.; Vanautgaerden, J.; Kopacki, G.; Stęślicki, M.; Acke, B.; Poretti, E.; Uytterhoeven, K.; Gielen, C.; Østensen, R.; De Meester, W.; Reed, M. D.; Kołaczkowski, Z.; Michalska, G.; Schmidt, E.; Yakut, K.; Leitner, A.; Kalomeni, B.; Cherix, M.; Spano, M.; Prins, S.; Van Helshoecht, V.; Zima, W.; Huygen, R.; Vandenbussche, B.; Lenz, P.; Ladjal, D.; Puga Antolín, E.; Verhoelst, T.; De Ridder, J.; Niarchos, P.; Liakos, A.; Lorenz, D.; Dehaes, S.; Reyniers, M.; Davignon, G.; Kim, S.-L.; Kim, D. H.; Lee, Y.-J.; Lee, C.-U.; Kwon, J.-H.; Broeders, E.; Van Winckel, H.; Vanhollebeke, E.; Waelkens, C.; Raskin, G.; Blom, Y.; Eggen, J. R.; Degroote, P.; Beck, P.; Puschnig, J.; Schmitzberger, L.; Gelven, G. A.; Steininger, B.; Blommaert, J.; Drummond, R.; Briquet, M.; Debosscher, J. (2010). "Photometric multi-site campaign on the open cluster NGC 884". Astronomy and Astrophysics 515: A16. arXiv:1001.1116. Bibcode:2010A&A...515A..16S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913236. ISSN 0004-6361.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Washington. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
  5. 1 2 Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  6. 1 2 3 Baron, F.; Monnier, J. D.; Kiss, L. L.; Neilson, H. R.; Zhao, M.; Anderson, M.; Aarnio, A.; Pedretti, E.; Thureau, N.; Ten Brummelaar, T. A.; Ridgway, S. T.; McAlister, H. A.; Sturmann, J.; Sturmann, L.; Turner, N. (2014). "CHARA/MIRC Observations of Two M Supergiants in Perseus OB1: Temperature, Bayesian Modeling, and Compressed Sensing Imaging". The Astrophysical Journal 785: 46. arXiv:1405.4032. Bibcode:2014ApJ...785...46B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/785/1/46.
  7. ↑ Levesque, Emily M.; Massey, Philip; Olsen, K. A. G.; Plez, Bertrand; Josselin, Eric; Maeder, Andre; Meynet, Georges (2005). "The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants: Cool, but Not As Cool As We Thought". The Astrophysical Journal 628 (2): 973. arXiv:astro-ph/0504337. Bibcode:2005ApJ...628..973L. doi:10.1086/430901.
  8. ↑ Mermilliod, J. C.; Mayor, M.; Udry, S. (2008). "Red giants in open clusters. XIV. Mean radial velocities for 1309 stars and 166 open clusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics 485: 303. Bibcode:2008A&A...485..303M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809664.
  9. ↑ Kiss, L. L.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Bedding, T. R. (2006). "Variability in red supergiant stars: Pulsations, long secondary periods and convection noise". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 372 (4): 1721. arXiv:astro-ph/0608438. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.372.1721K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10973.x.
  10. ↑ Verhoelst, T.; Van Der Zypen, N.; Hony, S.; Decin, L.; Cami, J.; Eriksson, K. (2009). "The dust condensation sequence in red supergiant stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 498: 127. arXiv:0901.1262. Bibcode:2009A&A...498..127V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/20079063.
  11. ↑ Yoon, Dong-Hwan; Cho, Se-Hyung; Kim, Jaeheon; Yun, Young joo; Park, Yong-Sun (2014). "SiO and H2O Maser Survey toward Post-asymptotic Giant Branch and Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 211: 15. Bibcode:2014ApJS..211...15Y. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/211/1/15.

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