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6 Geminorum is a variable star in the zodiac constellation of Gemini, located roughly 5,800 light years away from the Sun. It has the variable star designation BU Geminorum; 6 Geminorum is the Flamsteed designation. At its brightest this reddish hued star is barely visible to the naked eye but is readily visible with binoculars, found southeast of M 35, just to the south of WY Geminorum. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +27 km/s.[5] The star is a member of the Gemini OB1 association.[12]

6 Geminorum
Location of 6 Geminorum (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Gemini
Right ascension 06h 12m 19.09884s[1]
Declination +22° 54′ 30.6531″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.74 – 8.10[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M1-2 Ia-Iab[3]
U−B color index +1.93[4]
B−V color index +1.63[4]
Variable type LC[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+27.16±0.42[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +0.144[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −2.085[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.5642 ± 0.0957 mas[1]
Distanceapprox. 5,800 ly
(approx. 1,800 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−6.32[6]
Details
Mass~20[7] M☉
Radius821+60
−27[8] R☉
Luminosity86,000[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)0.0[6] cgs
Temperature3,789[10] K
Other designations
6 Gem, BU Gem, BD+22°1220, GC 7896, HD 42543, HIP 29450, HR 2197, SAO 78098, TYC 1877-1719-1, 2MASS J06121911+2254305[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

This is an evolved red supergiant with a stellar classification of M1-2 Ia-Iab.[3] It is a semiregular variable star, ranging from visual magnitude +5.7 down to +7.5 over a period of 325 days. It has been given the sub-classification of Lc, which means "Irregular variable supergiants of late spectral types having amplitudes of about 1 mag. in V.O".[13] The star has expanded to 821[8] times the Sun's radius and is radiating 86,000[9] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,789 K.[10]

  • A light curve for BU Geminorum, plotted from TESS data[14]
    A light curve for BU Geminorum, plotted from TESS data[14]
  • Messier 35, with 6 Gem visible right at the bottom edge of the image
    Messier 35, with 6 Gem visible right at the bottom edge of the image

References


  1. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia Collaboration) (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. arXiv:2208.00211. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 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.
  3. Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989). "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 71: 245. Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K. doi:10.1086/191373.
  4. Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
  5. Famaey, B.; et al. (January 2005). "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 430 (1): 165–186. arXiv:astro-ph/0409579. Bibcode:2005A&A...430..165F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272. S2CID 17804304.
  6. Levesque, Emily M. (2005). "The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants: Cool, but Not As Cool As We Thought". The Astrophysical Journal. 628 (2): 973–985. arXiv:astro-ph/0504337. Bibcode:2005ApJ...628..973L. doi:10.1086/430901. S2CID 15109583.
  7. "6 GEM". 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  8. Norris, Ryan P. (2019). Seeing Stars Like Never Before: A Long-term Interferometric Imaging Survey of Red Supergiants (PDF) (PhD). Georgia State University.
  9. Mauron, N; Josselin, E (2011). "The mass-loss rates of red supergiants and the de Jager prescription". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 526: A156. arXiv:1010.5369. Bibcode:2011A&A...526A.156M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201013993. S2CID 119276502.
  10. Mármol-Queraltó, E; Cardiel, N; Cenarro, A. J; Vazdekis, A; Gorgas, J; Pedraz, S; Peletier, R. F; Sánchez-Blázquez, P (2008). "A new stellar library in the region of the CO index at 2.3 μm. New index definition and empirical fitting functions". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 489 (2): 885–909. arXiv:0806.0581. Bibcode:2008A&A...489..885M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810044. S2CID 15411613.
  11. "6 Gem". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  12. Laur, Jaan; et al. (February 2017). "Variability survey of brightest stars in selected OB associations". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 598: 27. arXiv:1611.02452. Bibcode:2017A&A...598A.108L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629395. S2CID 119076598. A108.
  13. "Variable Star Type Designations in VSX]". Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  14. "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

На других языках

- [en] 6 Geminorum

[es] BU Geminorum

BU Geminorum (BU Gem / 6 Geminorum / HD 42543 / HR 2197)[1] es una estrella variable en la constelación de Géminis. De magnitud aparente media +6,38, visualmente se localiza entre Tejat Prior (η Geminorum) y 3 Geminorum, cerca del límite con Tauro. BU Geminorum es una estrella lejana cuya distancia es mal conocida; de acuerdo a la paralaje medida por el satélite Hipparcos, puede hallarse a más de 4000 años luz del Sistema Solar, pero el error inherente a la medición es superior al valor de la propia medida.[1] Otro estudio sitúa esta estrella a una distancia aproximada de 3000 años luz.[2]

[ru] 6 Близнецов

6 Близнецов (лат. 6 Geminorum), BU Близнецов (лат. BU Geminorum), HD 42543 — одиночная медленная неправильная переменная звезда в созвездии Близнецов на расстоянии приблизительно 5 000 световых лет (около 1 400 парсеков) от Солнца. Видимая звёздная величина звезды — от +5,74 до +8,10[2].


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