RZ Normae is an R Coronae Borealis type variable star in the constellation Norma. It has a baseline magnitude of 10.2, dropping down to dimmer than 16.2 at its minima.[4] It was discovered by the astronomer Sergei Gaposchkin in 1952.[6]
 A visual band light curve for RZ Normae, plotted from All Sky Automated Survey and ASAS-SN data[1][2] | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 ICRS Equinox J2000.0 ICRS | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Norma |
| Right ascension | 16h 32m 41.66s[3] |
| Declination | −53° 15′ 33.2″[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.2 - <16.2[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | C-Hd[4] |
| Variable type | R CrB variable |
| Astrometry | |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.6[5] M☉ |
| Temperature | 6750[5] K |
| Other designations | |
2MASS J16324166-5315332 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
It has around 60% the mass of the Sun and an effective (surface) temperature of around 6750 K.[5]
References
edit- ^ "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "ASAS-SN Variable Stars Database". ASAS-SN Variable Stars Database. ASAS-SN. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ a b "V* RZ Normae". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Otero, Sebastian Alberto (12 July 2011). "V RZ Nor". The International Variable Star Index. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Stasińska, G.; Szczerba, R.; Schmidt, M.; Siódmiak, N. (2006). "Post-AGB stars as testbeds of nucleosynthesis in AGB stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 450 (2): 701. arXiv:astro-ph/0601504. Bibcode:2006A&A...450..701S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053553. S2CID 12040452.
- ^ Milone, L. A. (1990). "The Position of RZ Normae". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 3505 (3505): 1–3. Bibcode:1990IBVS.3505....1M.