Variable star in the constellation Musca
Epsilon Muscae , Latinized as ε Muscae , is a red giant star of spectral type M5III in the constellation Musca .[ 6] It is a 4th magnitude star, visible to the naked eye under good observing conditions. It is about 330 light-years from the Earth.[ 3]
Originally a main-sequence star of around 2 solar masses ,[ 8] Epsilon Muscae is now on the asymptotic giant branch [ 5] and has expanded to 117 times the Sun's diameter and 1,700 its luminosity.[ 8] It is a semiregular variable , varying between visual magnitudes 4.0 and 4.3[ 4] in eight distinct periods ranging from a month to over half a year in length.[ 6] Its distance from the Earth is about the same as the Lower Centaurus–Crux subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association , although it is moving much faster at around 100 km/s and does not share a common origin.[ 9]
References
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^ a b 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 .
XHIP record for this object at VizieR .
^ a b c d e f Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties" . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 674 : A1. arXiv :2208.00211 . Bibcode :2023A&A...674A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 . S2CID 244398875 .
Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
^ a b c Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars". Astronomy Reports . 5.1. 61 (1): 80– 88. Bibcode :2017ARep...61...80S . doi :10.1134/S1063772917010085 . S2CID 255195566 .
^ a b Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun". Astronomical Journal . 104 (1): 275– 313. Bibcode :1992AJ....104..275E . doi :10.1086/116239 .
^ a b c Tabur, V.; Bedding, T. R. ; Kiss, L. L.; Moon, T. T.; Szeidl, B.; Kjeldsen, H. (2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 400 (4): 1945– 1961. arXiv :0908.3228 . Bibcode :2009MNRAS.400.1945T . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x . S2CID 15358380 .
^ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters . 32 (11): 759. arXiv :1606.08053 . Bibcode :2006AstL...32..759G . doi :10.1134/S1063773706110065 .
^ a b c d e f Kallinger, T.; Beck, P. G.; Hekker, S.; Huber, D.; Kuschnig, R.; Rockenbauer, M.; Winter, P. M.; Weiss, W. W.; Handler, G.; Moffat, A. F. J.; Pigulski, A.; Popowicz, A.; Wade, G. A.; Zwintz, K. (2019-04-01). "Stellar masses from granulation and oscillations of 23 bright red giants observed by BRITE-Constellation" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 624 : A35. arXiv :1902.07531 . Bibcode :2019A&A...624A..35K . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201834514 . ISSN 0004-6361 .
^ Kaler, Jim . "Epsilon Muscae" . Stars . University of Illinois . Retrieved 21 December 2013 .