PV Cephei

Coordinates: Sky map 20h 45m 53.943s, +67° 57′ 38.66″
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PV Cephei

PV Cep is the bright spot located at the edge of Gyulbudaghian’s Nebula
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Alexey Romashin
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cepheus[1]
Right ascension 20h 45m 53.943s[2]
Declination +67° 57′ 38.66″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.58 - 18.08[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A5Ve[4]
Variable type T Tau[5]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 8.228[6] mas/yr
Dec.: −1.976[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.9100 ± 0.0593 mas[6]
Distance1,120 ± 20 ly
(344 ± 7 pc)
Details
Mass2.6[7] M
Radius2.9[7] R
Luminosity1[8] - 100[3] L
Temperature8,150[8] K
Age<1[3] Myr
Database references
SIMBADdata

PV Cephei is variable star of Orion type located in the constellation of Cepheus at a distance of over 1600 light-years from Earth.[1]

A red band light curve for PV Cephei, adapted from Lorenzetti et al. (2011)[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "A changing fan". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Huchra, John P.; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Light, Robert M.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Stiening, Rae; Sykes, Matthew J.; Weinberg, Martin D.; Wheaton, William A.; Wheelock, Sherry L.; Zacarias, N. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2246: II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
  3. ^ a b c Kun, M.; Szegedi-Elek, E.; Moór, A.; Kóspál, Á.; Ábrahám, P.; Apai, D.; Kiss, Z. T.; Klagyivik, P.; Magakian, T. Yu.; Mező, Gy.; Movsessian, T. A.; Pál, A.; Rácz, M.; Rogers, J. (2011). "Inner disc rearrangement revealed by dramatic brightness variations in the young star PV Cep". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 413 (4): 2689. arXiv:1101.2329. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.413.2689K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18341.x. S2CID 118623750.
  4. ^ Watson, C. L. (2006). "The International Variable Star Index (VSX)". The Society for Astronomical Sciences 25th Annual Symposium on Telescope Science. Held May 23–25. 25: 47. Bibcode:2006SASS...25...47W.
  5. ^ Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S. 1. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
  6. ^ a b c 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.
  7. ^ a b Caratti o Garatti, A.; Garcia Lopez, R.; Weigelt, G.; Tambovtseva, L. V.; Grinin, V. P.; Wheelwright, H.; Ilee, J. D. (2013). "LBT/LUCIFER near-infrared spectroscopy of PV Cephei. An outbursting young stellar object with an asymmetric jet". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 554: A66. arXiv:1304.6267. Bibcode:2013A&A...554A..66C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321418. S2CID 46977755.
  8. ^ a b Vioque, M.; Oudmaijer, R. D.; Baines, D.; Mendigutía, I.; Pérez-Martínez, R. (2018). "Gaia DR2 study of Herbig Ae/Be stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 620: A128. arXiv:1808.00476. Bibcode:2018A&A...620A.128V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832870. S2CID 118928804.
  9. ^ Lorenzetti, D.; Giannini, T.; Larionov, V. M.; Arkharov, A. A.; Antoniucci, S.; Di Paola, A.; Konstantinova, T. S.; Kopatskaya, E. N.; Li Causi, G.; Nisini, B. (May 2011). "Simultaneous monitoring of the photometric and polarimetric activity of the young star PV Cep in the optical/near-infrared bands". The Astrophysical Journal. 732 (2): 69. arXiv:1103.0183. Bibcode:2011ApJ...732...69L. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/732/2/69. S2CID 250811804. Retrieved 6 December 2021.