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HD 77887

A light curve for HD 77887, plotted from Hipparcos data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Volans
Right ascension 09h 01m 08.5140s[2]
Declination −68° 41′ 02.1096″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.87±0.01[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB[4]
Spectral type M1 III[5]
U−B color index +1.96[6]
B−V color index +1.63[6]
Variable type Lb[7]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)12.6±0.4[8] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +16.413[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −0.069[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.2938 ± 0.051 mas[2]
Distance760 ± 9 ly
(233 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.78[9]
Details[10]
Mass1.12[11] M
Radius56.73 R
Luminosity598 L
Surface gravity (log g)0.9 cgs
Temperature3,820 K
Other designations
45 G. Volantis, NSV 18118, CPD−68°879, GC 12510, HD 77887, HIP 44283, HR 3610, SAO 250421
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 77887 (HR 3610) is a solitary star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Volans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.87,[3] making it faintly visible to the naked eye if viewed under ideal conditions. The star is situated at a distance of about 760 light years[2] but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 12.6 km/s.[8]

HD 77887 is an ageing M-type giant[5] that is currently on the asymptotic giant branch.[4] At present it has 1.12 times the mass of the Sun[11] but has expanded to 56.73 times its girth.[10] It shines at 598 L from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,820 K,[10] which gives it a red glow. HD 77887 is suspected to be a slow irregular variable[7] whose brightness fluctuates at a tenth of a magnitude.[12] Koen and Eyer examined the Hipparcos data for the star, and found that it varied periodically, with an amplitude of 0.012 magnitudes, and a period of 4.4649 days.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Light Curve". Hipparcos ESA. ESA. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. ISSN 0004-6361.
  4. ^ a b Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun". The Astronomical Journal. 104: 275. Bibcode:1992AJ....104..275E. doi:10.1086/116239. ISSN 0004-6256.
  5. ^ a b Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Volume I. Declinations -90_ to -53_ƒ0. Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
  6. ^ a b Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1 January 1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4: 99–110. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  7. ^ a b Jayasinghe, T; Kochanek, C S; Stanek, K Z; Shappee, B J; Holoien, T W-S; Thompson, Toda A; Prieto, J L; Dong, Subo; Pawlak, M; Shields, J V; Pojmanski, G; Otero, S; Britt, C A; Will, D (1 July 2018). "The ASAS-SN catalogue of variable stars I: The Serendipitous Survey". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 477 (3): 3145–3163. arXiv:1803.01001. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.477.3145J. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty838. ISSN 0035-8711.
  8. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 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. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119231169.
  9. ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 255204555.
  10. ^ a b c McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (2017). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho-Gaia stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471 (1): 770. arXiv:1706.02208. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.471..770M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1433.
  11. ^ a b Anders, F.; et al. (1 August 2019). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 628: A94. arXiv:1904.11302. Bibcode:2019A&A...628A..94A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935765. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 131780028.
  12. ^ Watson, C. L.; Henden, A. A.; Price, A. (May 2006). "The International Variable Star Index (VSX)". Society for Astronomical Sciences Annual Symposium. 25: 47. Bibcode:2006SASS...25...47W.
  13. ^ Koen, Chris; Eyer, Laurent (March 2002). "New periodic variables from the Hipparcos epoch photometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 331 (1): 45–59. arXiv:astro-ph/0112194. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.331...45K. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05150.x. S2CID 10505995.