 A visual band light curve for BC Canis Minoris, plotted from data presented by Tabur et al. (2009) | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canis Minor |
| Right ascension | 07 52 07.19000 |
| Declination | 03° 16′ 38.4465″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.30 (6.14 to 6.42) |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | AGB |
| Spectral type | M4/5III |
| B−V color index | 1.464±0.015 |
| Variable type | SRb |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −66.91±0.24 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +49.415 mas/yr Dec.: −78.835 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 6.2916 ± 0.1748 mas |
| Distance | 520 ± 10 ly (159 ± 4 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.36 |
| Details | |
| Radius | 60.4+7.6 −10.3 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 496.7±15.9 L☉ |
| Temperature | 3,507+344 −201 K |
| Other designations | |
| BC CMi, BD+03°1824, HD 64052, HIP 38406, HR 3061, SAO 116054 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
BC Canis Minoris is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor. It has a reddish hue and is just barely visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 6.30. The distance to this object is approximately 520 light years based on parallax, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −67 km/s.
In 1962, Alan William James Cousins announced that HR 3061 is a variable star. It was given its variable star designation, BC Canis Minoris, in 1975. It is an aging red giant star currently on the asymptotic giant branch with a stellar classification of M4/5III. It is a semi-regular variable of subtype SRb with measured pulsation periods of 27.7, 143.3 and 208.3 days, and an average visual magnitude of 6.30. With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted, it has cooled and expanded off the main sequence and now has around 60 times the girth of the Sun. On average, the star is radiating about 497 times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,507 K.
References
- Tabur, V.; Bedding, T. R.; Kiss, L. L.; Moon, T. T.; Szeidl, B.; Kjeldsen, H. (December 2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 400 (4): 1945–1961. arXiv:0908.3228. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.400.1945T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x.
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- ^ Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun". Astronomical Journal. 104 (1): 275–313. Bibcode:1992AJ....104..275E. doi:10.1086/116239.
- ^ Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars". Michigan Spectral Survey. 5. Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
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- Cousins, A. W. J. (1963). "Photometric Data for Stars in the Equatorial Zone (Fourth List)". Monthly Notes of the Astron. Soc. Southern Africa. 22: 58–62. Bibcode:1963MNSSA..22...58C. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
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- Tabur, V.; Bedding, T. R. (2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 400 (4): 1945–61. arXiv:0908.3228. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.400.1945T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x. S2CID 15358380.
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