 A visual band light curve for UX Lyncis. The top panel shows the variation over a period of years, and the lower plot shows the variation over a period of months. Adapted from Percy and Wilson (2001) [1] | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Right ascension | 09h 03m 47.10789s [2] |
| Declination | +38° 44′ 31.6542″ [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.6 - 6.78 [3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | AGB [4] |
| Spectral type | M3III [5] or M6III [6] |
| B−V color index | 1.356±0.011 [7] |
| Variable type | SRb: [4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +38.60±0.64 [7] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −17.176
[2]
mas/
yr Dec.: −20.823 [2] mas/ yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.6035 ± 0.4422 mas [2] |
| Distance | approx. 900
ly (approx. 280 pc) |
|
Absolute bolometric magnitude (Mbol) | −0.15 [7] |
| Details | |
| Radius | 128.38+0.92 −9.89 [2] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1,766±242 [2] L☉ |
| Temperature | 3302+135 −11 [2] K |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
UX Lyncis is a variable star in the faint northern constellation of Lynx, positioned about 3° to the south of the 4th magnitude star 10 Ursae Majoris. [9] This is a red-hued star near the lower threshold of visibility to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 6.70. [7] It is located at a distance of approximately 900 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [2] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +39 km/s. [7]
The stellar classification of this star is M3III, [5] while the infrared spectrum matches a class of M6III. [6] It is an aging red giant on the asymptotic giant branch that has exhausted the supply of both hydrogen and helium in its core, then cooled and expanded. At present it has 128 [2] times the radius of the Sun, which is equivalent to 0.60 AU or 60% of the distance from the Sun to the Earth. On average, it radiates a luminosity approximately 1,766 times that of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,302 K. [2] Infrared observations show little or no evidence for an oxygen-rich dusty shell around the star. [4]
The variability of this star was reported by R. L. Walker in 1970 from the U.S. Naval Observatory. [10] UX Lyncis has been classified as a semiregular variable ranging from magnitude 6.6 down to 6.78. [3] Its changes in brightness are complex, with a shorter period of 37.3 days due to the star's pulsations, and a longer period of 420 days possibly due to the star's rotation or convectively induced oscillatory thermal (COT) mode. [1] There is some evidence for an additional weak variability with a 29 day period. [11]
- ^ a b Percy, John R.; et al. (2001). "Long-Term VRI Photometry of Small-Amplitude Red Variables. I. Light Curves and Periods". The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 113 (786): 983–96. Bibcode: 2001PASP..113..983P. doi: 10.1086/322153.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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.
- ^ a b Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "UX Lyncis". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ a b c Sloan, G. C.; Price, S. D. (December 1998). "The Infrared Spectral Classification of Oxygen-rich Dust Shells". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 119 (2): 141–158. Bibcode: 1998ApJS..119..141S. doi: 10.1086/313156.
- ^ a b Sato, K.; Kuji, S. (November 1990). "MK classification and photometry of stars used for time and latitude observations at Mizusawa and Washington". Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 85: 1069. Bibcode: 1990A&AS...85.1069S.
- ^ a b Lebzelter, T.; Hron, J. (December 2003). "Technetium and the third dredge up in AGB stars. I. Field stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 411 (3): 533–542. arXiv: astro-ph/0310018. Bibcode: 2003A&A...411..533L. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031458. S2CID 18879265.
- ^ a b c d e 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. S2CID 119257644.
- ^ "UX Lyn". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ^ Sinnott, Roger W.; Perryman, Michael A. C. (1997). Millennium Star Atlas. Vol. 2. Sky Publishing Corporation and the European Space Agency. p. 620. ISBN 0-933346-83-2.
- ^ Walker, R. L. (July 1970). "Light Variations of BD+39°2193". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 447: 1. Bibcode: 1970IBVS..447....1W.
- ^ Percy, John R.; et al. (April 2003). "Multiperiodicity in Five Small-Amplitude Pulsating Red Giants". The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 115 (806): 479–483. Bibcode: 2003PASP..115..479P. doi: 10.1086/374199. S2CID 120018973.
A visual band light curve for UX Lyncis. The top panel shows the variation over a period of years, and the lower plot shows the variation over a period of months. Adapted from Percy and Wilson (2001) [1] | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Right ascension | 09h 03m 47.10789s [2] |
| Declination | +38° 44′ 31.6542″ [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.6 - 6.78 [3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | AGB [4] |
| Spectral type | M3III [5] or M6III [6] |
| B−V color index | 1.356±0.011 [7] |
| Variable type | SRb: [4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +38.60±0.64 [7] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −17.176
[2]
mas/
yr Dec.: −20.823 [2] mas/ yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.6035 ± 0.4422 mas [2] |
| Distance | approx. 900
ly (approx. 280 pc) |
|
Absolute bolometric magnitude (Mbol) | −0.15 [7] |
| Details | |
| Radius | 128.38+0.92 −9.89 [2] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1,766±242 [2] L☉ |
| Temperature | 3302+135 −11 [2] K |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
UX Lyncis is a variable star in the faint northern constellation of Lynx, positioned about 3° to the south of the 4th magnitude star 10 Ursae Majoris. [9] This is a red-hued star near the lower threshold of visibility to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 6.70. [7] It is located at a distance of approximately 900 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [2] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +39 km/s. [7]
The stellar classification of this star is M3III, [5] while the infrared spectrum matches a class of M6III. [6] It is an aging red giant on the asymptotic giant branch that has exhausted the supply of both hydrogen and helium in its core, then cooled and expanded. At present it has 128 [2] times the radius of the Sun, which is equivalent to 0.60 AU or 60% of the distance from the Sun to the Earth. On average, it radiates a luminosity approximately 1,766 times that of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,302 K. [2] Infrared observations show little or no evidence for an oxygen-rich dusty shell around the star. [4]
The variability of this star was reported by R. L. Walker in 1970 from the U.S. Naval Observatory. [10] UX Lyncis has been classified as a semiregular variable ranging from magnitude 6.6 down to 6.78. [3] Its changes in brightness are complex, with a shorter period of 37.3 days due to the star's pulsations, and a longer period of 420 days possibly due to the star's rotation or convectively induced oscillatory thermal (COT) mode. [1] There is some evidence for an additional weak variability with a 29 day period. [11]
- ^ a b Percy, John R.; et al. (2001). "Long-Term VRI Photometry of Small-Amplitude Red Variables. I. Light Curves and Periods". The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 113 (786): 983–96. Bibcode: 2001PASP..113..983P. doi: 10.1086/322153.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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.
- ^ a b Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "UX Lyncis". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ a b c Sloan, G. C.; Price, S. D. (December 1998). "The Infrared Spectral Classification of Oxygen-rich Dust Shells". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 119 (2): 141–158. Bibcode: 1998ApJS..119..141S. doi: 10.1086/313156.
- ^ a b Sato, K.; Kuji, S. (November 1990). "MK classification and photometry of stars used for time and latitude observations at Mizusawa and Washington". Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 85: 1069. Bibcode: 1990A&AS...85.1069S.
- ^ a b Lebzelter, T.; Hron, J. (December 2003). "Technetium and the third dredge up in AGB stars. I. Field stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 411 (3): 533–542. arXiv: astro-ph/0310018. Bibcode: 2003A&A...411..533L. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031458. S2CID 18879265.
- ^ a b c d e 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. S2CID 119257644.
- ^ "UX Lyn". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ^ Sinnott, Roger W.; Perryman, Michael A. C. (1997). Millennium Star Atlas. Vol. 2. Sky Publishing Corporation and the European Space Agency. p. 620. ISBN 0-933346-83-2.
- ^ Walker, R. L. (July 1970). "Light Variations of BD+39°2193". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 447: 1. Bibcode: 1970IBVS..447....1W.
- ^ Percy, John R.; et al. (April 2003). "Multiperiodicity in Five Small-Amplitude Pulsating Red Giants". The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 115 (806): 479–483. Bibcode: 2003PASP..115..479P. doi: 10.1086/374199. S2CID 120018973.
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