Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Corona Australis |
Right ascension | 18h 39m 35.15900s[1] |
Declination | −43° 11′ 09.1691″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.43±0.01[2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | AGB[3] |
Spectral type | M2 III[4] |
B−V color index | +1.63[5] |
Variable type | LB:[6] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 28.5±0.8[7] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −32.414 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −43.168 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 5.1919 ± 0.0901 mas[1] |
Distance | 630 ± 10 ly (193 ± 3 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.03[8] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.45[9] or 2[10] M☉ |
Radius | 101±5[11] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1,001[12] L☉ |
Temperature | 3,698±122[13] K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
V718 Coronae Australis (HD 171697; HR 6991; V718 CrA) is a solitary variable star[16] located in the southern constellation Corona Australis. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as a red-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.43.[2] Gaia DR3 parallax measurements imply a distance of 630 light years[1] and it is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 28.5 km/s.[7] At its current distance V718 CrA's brightness is diminished by 0.37 magnitudes due to interstellar dust[17] and it has an absolute magnitude of −1.03.[8]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/V718CrALightCurve.png/220px-V718CrALightCurve.png)
This object was first noticed to be potentially variable by Olin J. Eggen in 1973.[19] Its variability was confirmed in 1999 after subsequent observations and was given the variable star designation V718 Coronae Australis.[20] Observations from Koen & Laney (2000) reveal that V718 CrA has two periods: one lasting 5.37 days and the other lasting 71.1 days.[10] It is a slow irregular variable of subtype Lb that fluctuates between 5.45 and 5.51 in the Hipparcos passband.[6]
V718 CrA has a stellar classification of M2 III, indicating that it is an evolved red giant. It is currently on the asymptotic giant branch,[3] fusing hydrogen and helium shells around an inert carbon core. It has 1.45 times the mass of the Sun[9] but it has expanded to 101 times the Sun's radius.[11] It radiates 1,001 times the luminosity of the Sun[12] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,698 K.[13] Oscillation measurements from Koen & Laney (2000) yield a mass of 2 M☉.[10]
References
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- ^ 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. S2CID 17128864.
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- ^ Corben, P. M. (April 1971). "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars". Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa. 30 (4): 37. Bibcode:1971MNSSA..30...37C. ISSN 0024-8266.
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- ^ a b Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (20 December 2021). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3. Proper-motion anomaly and resolved common proper-motion pairs". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 657: A7. arXiv:2109.10912. Bibcode:2022A&A...657A...7K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142146. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 237605138.
- ^ a b c Koen, C.; Laney, D. (21 January 2000). "Rapidly oscillating M giant stars?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 311 (3): 636–648. Bibcode:2000MNRAS.311..636K. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03127.x. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 122553846.
- ^ a b Kervella, P.; Thévenin, F.; Di Folco, E.; Ségransan, D. (October 2004). "The angular sizes of dwarf stars and subgiants. Surface brightness relations calibrated by interferometry". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 426 (1): 297–307. arXiv:astro-ph/0404180. Bibcode:2004A&A...426..297K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035930. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 6077801.
- ^ a b McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (21 November 2012). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars: Parameters and IR excesses from Hipparcos". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–357. arXiv:1208.2037. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 118665352.
- ^ a b Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. eISSN 1538-3881. hdl:1721.1/124721. S2CID 166227927.
- ^ Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1878). "Uranometria Argentina : brillantez y posicion de las estrellas fijas, hasta la septima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austral : con atlas". Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino. 1. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G.
- ^ "V718 Corona Australis". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (11 September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 14878976.
- ^ Gontcharov, George A.; Mosenkov, Aleksandr V. (28 September 2017). "Verifying reddening and extinction for Gaia DR1 TGAS main sequence stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472 (4): 3805–3820. arXiv:1709.01160. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.3805G. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2219. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 118879856.
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- ^ Eggen, O. J. (September 1973). "The classification of intrinsic variables. IV. Very-small-amplitude, very-short-period red variables". The Astrophysical Journal. 184: 793. Bibcode:1973ApJ...184..793E. doi:10.1086/152371. eISSN 1538-4357. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 120021304.
- ^ Kazarovets, E. V.; Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; Frolov, M. S.; Antipin, S. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (January 1999). "The 74th Special Name-list of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 4659: 1. Bibcode:1999IBVS.4659....1K. ISSN 0374-0676.