Nu Virginis
Variable star in the constellation Virgo
ν Virginis , Latinized as Nu Virginis , is a single[ 9] star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo , located at the western tip of the classic constellation and nearly due south of the prominent star Denebola .[ 10] It is a red-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.04[ 2] and can be seen with the naked eye. Because the star lies near the ecliptic it is subject to occultations by the Moon .[ 11] Parallax measurements provide an estimated distance of around 331 light years from the Sun ,[ 1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +50 km/s.[ 5]
A light curve for Nu Virginis, plotted from Hipparcos data[ 12]
This object is an M-type red giant , currently on the asymptotic giant branch ,[ 3] with a stellar classification of M1 III.[ 4] It is an SRB-type[ 13] semiregular variable star with its brightness varying by 0.0125 in magnitude.[ 14] These variations have four periods lasting 11.1, 12.3, 16.8, and 23.7 days.[ 15] This star has 90% the mass of the sun , but it has expanded to 54 times the Sun's radius and shines 520 times as brightly as the Sun . The effective temperature of its outer atmosphere is 3,728 K.[ 7]
References
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Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
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^ a b Baines, Ellyn K.; Armstrong, J. Thomas; Schmitt, Henrique R.; Zavala, R. T.; Benson, James A.; Hutter, Donald J.; Tycner, Christopher; van Belle, Gerard T. (2017). "Fundamental parameters of 87 stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer" . The Astronomical Journal . 155 (1): 16. arXiv :1712.08109 . Bibcode :2018AJ....155...30B . doi :10.3847/1538-3881/aa9d8b . S2CID 119427037 .
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^ White, Nathaniel M.; Feierman, Barry H. (September 1987), "A Catalog of Stellar Angular Diameters Measured by Lunar Occultation", Astronomical Journal , 94 : 751, Bibcode :1987AJ.....94..751W , doi :10.1086/114513 .
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^ 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 .
^ Tabur, V.; et al. (December 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 .