T Microscopii

T Microscopii is a semiregular variable star in the constellation Microscopium. It ranges from magnitude 6.74 to 8.11 over a period of 352 days.[2] Located around 700 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity 7708 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 2856 K.[4]

T Microscopii
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Microscopium
Right ascension  20h 27m 55.18840s[1]
Declination −28° 15 39.8035[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.74 - 8.11 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M6-M8IIIe[2]
Variable type Mira
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 4.682 ± 0.594[3] mas/yr
Dec.: 12.562 ± 0.433[3] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.1811 ± 0.3864[3] mas
Distance630 ± 50 ly
(190 ± 10 pc)
Other designations
T Microscopii, HIP 100935, HD 194676, SAO 189308, CD28° 16682
Database references
SIMBADdata

References

  1. 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.
  2. Otero, Sebastian Alberto (20 June 2011). "T Microscopii". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–57. arXiv:1208.2037. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x.


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