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UX Orionis

A visual band light curve for UX Orionis, plotted from ASAS data
Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Orion
Right ascension	05 04 29.9879
Declination	−03° 47′ 14.2867″
Apparent magnitude (V)	9.48 – 12.5
Characteristics
Spectral type	A3ea
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)	RA: 1.056±0.028 mas/yr Dec.: -3.998±0.019 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	3.1004 ± 0.0285 mas
Distance	1,052 ± 10 ly (323 ± 3 pc)
Details
Mass	1.2 M☉
Radius	2.1 R☉
Luminosity	5.6 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.86 cgs
Temperature	6,136 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	143 km/s
Age	4.8 Myr
Other designations
HD 293782, HIP 23602, GSC 04758-00134, 2MASS J05042998-0347142, Gaia DR3 3212878018378138752
Database references
SIMBAD	data

UX Orionis is a variable star in the constellation of Orion. It is a Herbig Ae star, located about 1000 light years from the Earth. At its brightest it is a magnitude 9.5 object, so it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. UX Orionis is the prototype of the UX Orionis class of variable stars (often called "UXors"), which are young stellar objects that exhibit large (greater than 2.8 magnitude), irregular changes in visual band brightness. UX Orionis was discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt.

UX Orionis is surrounded by a circumstellar disk, and the star's photometric variability appears to be caused by episodes during which the star is obscured by dusty material within the circumstellar disk.

References

1. "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
2. ^ Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
3. ^ "UX Ori". The International Variable Star Index. AAVSO. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
4. ^ Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (2019-10-01). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. hdl:1721.1/124721. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 166227927.
5. Glebocki, R.; Gnacinski, P. (2005). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalog of Stellar Rotational Velocities (Glebocki+ 2005)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: III/244. Originally Published in: 2005csss...13..571G; 2005yCat.3244....0G. 3244. Bibcode:2005yCat.3244....0G.
6. Manoj, P. (2006). "Evolution of Emission-Line Activity in Intermediate-Mass Young Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 653 (1): 657–674. arXiv:astro-ph/0608541. Bibcode:2006ApJ...653..657M. doi:10.1086/508764. S2CID 17545474.
7. "UX Ori". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
8. ^ Kreplin, A.; Madlener, D.; Chen, L.; Weigelt, G.; Kraus, S.; Grinin, V.; Tambovtseva, L.; Kishimoto, M. (May 2016). "Resolving the inner disk of UX Orionis" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 590: A96. Bibcode:2016A&A...590A..96K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628281.
9. Herbst, W.; Herbst, D. K.; Grossman, E. J.; Weinstein, D. (November 1994). "Catalogue of UBVRI Photometry of T Tauri Stars and Analysis of the Causes of Their Variability". Astronomical Journal. 108: 1906. Bibcode:1994AJ....108.1906H. doi:10.1086/117204.

v t e Constellation of Orion
List of stars in Orion Orion in Chinese astronomy Orion molecular cloud complex Orion's Belt Orion's Sword
Stars	Bayer α (Betelgeuse) β (Rigel) γ (Bellatrix) δ (Mintaka) ε (Alnilam) ζ (Alnitak) η (Algjebba) θ A B C D E F G H θ ι (Hatysa) κ (Saiph) λ (Meissa) μ ν ξ ο ο π π π (Tabit) π π π ρ σ τ υ (Thabit) φ φ χ χ ψ ψ ω Flamsteed 5 6 (g) 11 13 14 (i) 15 16 (h) 18 21 22 (o) 23 (m) 27 (p) 29 (e) 31 32 (A) 33 35 38 42 (c) 45 49 (d) 51 (b) 52 55 56 57 59 60 63 64 66 68 69 (f) 71 72 (f) 73 74 (k) 75 (l) Variable S U W UX VV BF BM DN FU GW V380 V883 V1005 V1149 V1201 V1352 V2247 V2254 V2384 HR 1759 1763 1874 1887 1952 1988 2007 2024 2251 2275 HD 33636 34445 37320 37605 42618 43317 290327 Other 4U 0614+091 CVSO 30 CWISE J0506+0738 Gliese 179 Gliese 205 Gliese 208 Gliese 221 GJ 3379 HOPS 383 LP 658-2 PDS 110 S Ori 52 S Ori 70 WISE J0457−0207 WISE J0521+1025
Exoplanets HD 34445 b HD 37605 b HD 38529 b HD 290327 b
Star clusters	NGC 1662 1980 1981 2169 2175 2194 2202 Other Lambda Orionis Cluster Trapezium Cluster (θ)
Nebulae	NGC 1788 1999 2022 2023 2064 2067 2071 2174 Other Abell 12 Abell 13 Barnard 30 Becklin–Neugebauer Object Flame Nebula HH 1/2 HH 24-26 HH 34 HH 111 Horsehead Nebula IC 434 IC 2118 LDN 1641 McNeil's Nebula Messier 43 Messier 78 Orion Nebula
Galaxies	NGC 1683 1819 1924 2110 2119 Other 4C +09.17 CGCG 396-2 II Zwicky 28 PKS 0458-020 PKS 0528+134 TXS 0506+056
Astronomical events GRB 991216
Category

• Orion (constellation)
• Herbig Ae/Be stars
• Henry Draper Catalogue objects
• Hipparcos objects
• 2MASS objects
• Objects with variable star designations