BO Carinae

BO Carinae, also known as HD 93420, is an irregular variable star in the constellation Carina.

BO Carinae

BO Carinae is the brightest red star, towards upper left, in this image of the Carina Nebula. (ESO)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Carina
Right ascension  10h 46m 00.53s
Declination 59° 29′ 19.5″
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.18 - 8.50[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4 Ib[1]
Variable type Lc[1]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −7.080±0.133[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −1.750±0.141[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.73 ± 0.08[2] mas
Distance2,500 ly
(8,150[3][4] pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−5.53[5]
Details
Radius439[6] R☉
Luminosity26,000 - 27,000[6] L☉
Temperature3,535±170[6] K
Other designations
BO Car, Trumpler 16, IDS 10419-5858, IRAS 10438-5913, 2MASS J10455065-5929193, AAVSO 1042-58, SAO 238447, CD-58 3547, HD 93420
Database references
SIMBADdata

BO Car has a maximum apparent magnitude of +7.18. Its distance and membership is uncertain, but its possible membership to the star cluster Trumpler 15 allows a distance estimate of approximately 2,500 parsecs (8,150 light-years).[3][4]

BO Car is a red supergiant of spectral type M4Ib with an effective temperature of 3,525 K, a radius of 439 solar radii. Its bolometric luminosity is 26,000 L☉.[5] Mass-loss is on the order of 0.3 × 10−9 solar masses per year.[4]

Billed as an irregular variable like TZ Cassiopeiae or V528 Carinae; its apparent brightness fluctuates between magnitude +7.18 and +8.50 without periodicity.[1]

See also

References
  1. 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. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
  2. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. Tapia, Mauricio; Roth, Miguel; Vázquez, Rubén A.; Feinstein, Alejandro (2003). "Imaging study of NGC 3372, the Carina nebula - I. UBVRIJHK photometry of Tr 14, Tr 15, Tr 16 and Car I". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 339 (1): 44–62. Bibcode:2003MNRAS.339...44T. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06186.x.
  4. Josselin, E.; Blommaert, J. A. D. L.; Groenewegen, M. A. T.; Omont, A.; Li, F. L. (2000). "Observational investigation of mass loss of M supergiants". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 357: 225–232. Bibcode:2000A&A...357..225J.
  5. Levesque, Emily M.; Massey, Philip; Olsen, K. A. G.; Plez, Bertrand; Josselin, Eric; Maeder, Andre; Meynet, Georges (August 2005). "The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants: Cool, but Not As Cool As We Thought". The Astrophysical Journal. 628 (2): 973–985. arXiv:astro-ph/0504337. Bibcode:2005ApJ...628..973L. doi:10.1086/430901.
  6. Messineo, M.; Brown, A. G. A. (2019). "A Catalog of Known Galactic K-M Stars of Class I Candidate Red Supergiants in Gaia DR2". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (1): 20. arXiv:1905.03744. Bibcode:2019AJ....158...20M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab1cbd.
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