AM Canum Venaticorum

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Double star
AM Canum Venaticorum
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Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Hunting dogs
Right ascension 12 h 34 m 54.62 s
declination + 37 ° 37 ′ 44.1 ″
Apparent brightness 14.13 (14.0 to 14.4) mag
Typing
B − V color index (-0.11) 
Spectral class DBp
Variable star type IBWD 
Astrometry
parallax (3.35 ± 0.05)  mas
distance (973 ± 15)  ly
(300)  pc
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (30.94 ± 0.07)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (12.42 ± 0.05)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Dimensions (0.71 ± 0.07 / 0.13 ± 0.01)  M
Other names
and catalog entries
2MASS catalog 2MASS J12345460 + 3737440 [1]
Other names AM Canum Venaticorum, HZ 29

AM Canum Venaticorum is a binary star system consisting of a white dwarf and a degenerate companion at a distance of almost 1000  light years . He is the prototype of the so-called AM Canum Venaticorum stars , which belong to the cataclysmic variables .

In AM Canum Venaticorum is believed that an extreme helium star matter to the white dwarf transferred .

Apparent magnitude (V-band) of AM Canum Venaticorum over a 330 minute period

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e AM CVn. In: SIMBAD . Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , accessed September 14, 2018 .
  2. a b c AM CVn. In: VSX. AAVSO, accessed September 14, 2018 .
  3. a b J.-E. Solheim: AM CVn Stars: Status and Challenges . In: PASP . Oct 2010. bibcode : 2010PASP..122.1133S . doi : 10.1086 / 656680 .