BZ Tucanae

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Star
BZ Tucanae
AladinLite
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Toucan
Right ascension 00 h 41 m 43.45 s
declination −73 ° 43 ′ 23.9 ″
Apparent brightness 11.68 (11.65 to 12.35) mag
Typing
B − V color index (0.84) 
Spectral class F8-G1 I.
Variable star type DCEP 
Astrometry
Radial velocity (124.28 ± 6.72) km / s
Visual absolute brightness M vis (−6.99) mag
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (0.63 ± 0.06)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (−1.13 ± 0.04)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Tycho catalog TYC 9141-6735-1 [1]
2MASS catalog 2MASS J00414344-7343239 [2]
Other names HV 821, BZ Tucanae

BZ Tucanae (also HV 821 ) is a star that belongs to the so-called Ultra Long Period Cepheids . It is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud .

The difference to the common Cepheids is the longer period. BZ Tucanae has one of 127.5 days.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f BZ Tuc. In: SIMBAD . Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , accessed September 15, 2018 .
  2. a b BZ Tuc. In: VSX. AAVSO, accessed September 15, 2018 .
  3. a b C. Ngeow et. al: Preliminary Analysis of ULPC Light Curves Using Fourier Decomposition Technique . In: arXiv . Sep 2013. bibcode : 2013arXiv1309.4297N . doi : 10.1109 / IconSpace.2013.6599423 .