V424 Lacertae

V424 Lacertae
Location of V424 Lacertae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Lacerta
Right ascension 22h 56m 25.99839s[1]
Declination +49° 44′ 00.7587″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.94[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K5 Ib[3]
U−B color index +1.95[2]
B−V color index +1.77[2]
Variable type Lc[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−9.50[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −0.649 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: −2.768 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)1.4018 ± 0.1129 mas[1]
Distance2,300 ± 200 ly
(710 ± 60 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−4.27[6]
Details
Mass6.8[7] M☉
Radius288+26
−21[8] R☉
Luminosity16,600+4,300
−3,400[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)+0.50[7] cgs
Temperature3749±49[9] K
Other designations
V424 Lac, BD+48° 3887, HR 8726, HD 216946, BD+48°3887, HIP 113288, SAO 52516
Database references
SIMBADdata

V424 Lacertae (V424 Lac) is a red supergiant variable star in the constellation Lacerta. It is a member of the Lacerta OB1 stellar association.

An ultraviolet band light curve light curve for V424 Lacertae, adapted from Messina (2007)[10]

The MK spectral type of V424 Lac has been determined to be K5,[3] but it has also been classified as M0.[6] It was discovered to be slightly variable using analysis of Hipparcos photometry. The total range is less than a tenth of a magnitude.[11] Multiple short periods are detected, as well as slow variations with a period of 1,100 or 1,601 days. Although listed in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars as a slow irregular variable, it has been considered to be either a semiregular variable or long secondary period variable.[10]

There is an ultraviolet excess from V424 Lacertae, that may be due to an unseen companion, which could also explain the long secondary period. On this assumption, a sub-stellar companion in a 1,382 day 6.2 AU orbit has been suggested.[7]

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  2. ^ a b c Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237: 0. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
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  5. ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. S2CID 119231169.
  6. ^ a b Levesque, Emily M.; Massey, Philip; Olsen, K. A. G.; Plez, Bertrand; Josselin, Eric; Maeder, Andre; Meynet, Georges (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. S2CID 15109583.
  7. ^ a b c Lee, B.-C.; Han, I.; Park, M.-G.; Hatzes, A. P.; Kim, K.-M. (2014). "Low-amplitude and long-period radial velocity variations in giants HD 3574, 63 Cygni, and HD 216946". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 566: A124. arXiv:1405.5955. Bibcode:2014A&A...566A.124L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321863. S2CID 54177778.
  8. ^ Ryan Norris. "Student Science at NMT: Learning Optical Interferometry Through Projects on Evolved Stars" (PDF). CHARA.
  9. ^ a b Taniguchi, Daisuke; Matsunaga, Noriyuki; Jian, Mingjie; Kobayashi, Naoto; Fukue, Kei; Hamano, Satoshi; Ikeda, Yuji; Kawakita, Hideyo; Kondo, Sohei; Otsubo, Shogo; Sameshima, Hiroaki; Takenaka, Keiichi; Yasui, Chikako (2022-05-01). "Erratum: Effective temperatures of red supergiants estimated from line-depth ratios of iron lines in the YJ bands, 0.97-1.32 μm". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512 (2): 2669–2670. Bibcode:2022MNRAS.512.2669T. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac686. ISSN 0035-8711.
  10. ^ a b Messina, Sergio (2007). "Evidence for the pulsational origin of the Long Secondary Periods: The red supergiant star V424 Lac (HD 216946)". New Astronomy. 12 (7): 556–561. Bibcode:2007NewA...12..556M. doi:10.1016/j.newast.2007.04.002.
  11. ^ Kazarovets, E. V.; Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; Frolov, M. S.; Antipin, S. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (1999). "The 74th Special Name-list of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 4659: 1. Bibcode:1999IBVS.4659....1K.