R Horologii

R Horologii is a red giant star approximately 1,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Horologium.[8] It is a Mira variable with a period of 404.83 days,[9] ranging from apparent magnitude 4.7 to 14.3—one of the largest ranges in brightness known of stars in the night sky visible to the unaided eye.[10] The star is losing mass at the rate of 5.9×10−7 M☉·y−1.[6]

R Horologii

R Horologii (R) in Horologium
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Horologium
Right ascension  02h 53m 52.77465s[1]
Declination −49° 53′ 22.7330″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.22[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M5-7e[3]
B−V color index 1.044±0.011[2]
Variable type Mira Ceti[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+60.0±4.4[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +125.698[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +35.975[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.1999 ± 0.3632[1] mas
Distanceapprox. 1,000 ly
(approx. 310 pc)
Details
Temperature2,200[6] K
Other designations
R Hor, CD−50° 860, HD 18242, HIP 13502, HR 868[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

References
  1. 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.
  2. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015.
  3. Keenan, Philip C. (June 1966). "A Catalogue of Spectra of Mira Variables of Types ME and Se". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 13: 333. Bibcode:1966ApJS...13..333K. doi:10.1086/190139.
  4. Samus', N. N; Kazarovets, E. V; Durlevich, O. V; Kireeva, N. N; Pastukhova, E. N (2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports. 61 (1): 80. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085.
  5. Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters, 32 (11): 759–771, arXiv:1606.08053, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065.
  6. Danilovich, T.; et al. (October 2017), "Sulphur-bearing molecules in AGB stars. I. The occurrence of hydrogen sulphide", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 606: 14, arXiv:1707.06003, Bibcode:2017A&A...606A.124D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731203, A124
  7. "R Horologii". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  8. van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–64. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  9. Templeton, M. R.; Mattei, J. A.; Willson, L. A. (2005). "Secular Evolution in Mira Variable Pulsations". The Astronomical Journal. 130 (2): 776. arXiv:astro-ph/0504527. Bibcode:2005AJ....130..776T. doi:10.1086/431740.
  10. Privett, Grant; Jones, Kevin (2013). The Constellation Observing Atlas. New York, New York: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 102. ISBN 9781461476481.
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