BC Cygni
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BC Cygni Constelación Cygnus Ascensión recta α 20h 21min 38,55s Declinación δ +37º 31’ 58,9’’ Distancia 1150 años-luz (aprox) Magnitud visual +9,97 (media) Magnitud absoluta -6,61 Luminosidad 207.000 soles (bolométrica) Temperatura 3570 K Masa 20 soles Radio 1140 - 1230 soles Tipo espectral M3 I Velocidad radial -3 km/s BC Cygni (BC Cyg / HIP 100404 / BD+37 3903)[1] es una estrella variable en la constelación del Cisne de magnitud aparente media +9,97. Se la ha considerado miembro de la Asociación estelar Cygnus OB1, lo que la situaría a una distancia de 1500 pársecs (4890 años luz) del Sistema Solar; sin embargo, de acuerdo a la medida de la paralaje realizada por el satélite Hipparcos (2,84 milisegundos de arco), BC Cygni se halla a no más de 1630 años luz.[2]
BC Cygni es una supergigante roja de tipo espectral M3 I con una temperatura efectiva de 3570 K.[2] Es una de las estrellas más grandes conocidas, con un radio entre 1140[3] y 1230 veces más grande el radio solar.[2] Tomando como referencia este último valor, su radio equivale a 5,7 UA. Si estuviese en el lugar del Sol, las órbitas de los primeros cinco planetas —Júpiter inclusive— quedarían englobadas dentro de la estrella. No obstante, es superada en tamaño por otras estrellas como VY Canis Majoris o VV Cephei, ambas en nuestra propia galaxia, o WOH G64, en la vecina Gran Nube de Magallanes. Con una masa de aproximadamente 20 masas solares, se estima que su pérdida de masa estelar —como polvo, ya que el gas atómico y molecular no ha podido ser evaluado— es de 3,2 × 10-9 masas solares por año.[2] Esta masa es un indicador de que esta estrella acabará estallando como una supernova.
Catalogada como una estrella variable pulsante, el brillo de BC Cygni varía entre magnitud +9,0 y +10,8 con un período de 720 ± 40 días.[4] Entre 1900 y 2000 parece haber incrementado su brillo medio en 0,5 magnitudes.[5]
Véase también
Referencias
- ↑ BC Cyg - Pulsating variable Star (SIMBAD)
- ↑ a b c d Josselin, E.; Plez, B. (2007). «Atmospheric dynamics and the mass loss process in red supergiant stars». Astronomy and Astrophysics 469 (2). pp. 671-680. http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2007A%26A...469..671J&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1.
- ↑ Levesque, Emily M.; Massey, Philip; Olsen, K. A. G.; Plez, Bertrand; Josselin, Eric; Maeder, Andre; Meynet, Georges (2005). «The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants: Cool, but Not As Cool As We Thought». The Astrophysical Journal 628 (2). pp. 973-985. http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2005ApJ...628..973L&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1.
- ↑ Kiss, L. L.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Bedding, T. R. (2006). «Variability in red supergiant stars: pulsations, long secondary periods and convection noise». Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 372 (4). pp. 1721-1734. http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2006MNRAS.372.1721K&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1.
- ↑ Turner, David G.; Rohanizadegan, Mina; Berdnikov, Leonid N.; Pastukhova, Elena N. (2006). «The Long-Term Behavior of the Semiregular M Supergiant Variable BC Cygni». The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 118 (849). pp. 1533-1544. http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2006PASP..118.1533T&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1.
Categorías:- Estrellas
- Supergigantes rojas
- Estrellas variables
- Variables semirregulares
- Constelación de Cygnus
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