AF Columbae

Short description: Star in the constellation of Columba

AF Columbae

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A light curve for AF Columbae, plotted from Hipparcos data[1]

Observation data
Epoch J2000.0 Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation | Columba
Right ascension |  06h 10m 10.40393s[2]
Declination | −40° 21′ 13.6464″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.60 - 5.71[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage | AGB[4]
Spectral type | M2 II/III[5]
B−V color index | +1.68[6]
Variable type | Lb[7]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)| −19±7.4[8] km/s
Proper motion (μ)|  RA: −20.650[2] mas/yr
Dec.: +74.080[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)| 3.9737 ± 0.0841[2] mas
Distance| 820 ± 20 ly
(252 ± 5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)| −1.53[9]
Details
Mass| 1.54[10] M☉
Radius| 148[11] R☉
Luminosity (bolometric)| 1,853[12] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)| 0.26[13] cgs
Temperature| 3,611±122[14] K
Other designations

AF Col, NSV 2864, CD−40°2291, CPD−40°930, GC 7873, HD 42682, HIP 29263, HR 2203, SAO 217753[15]

Database references
SIMBAD| data

AF Columbae, also known as HD 42682, is a solitary,[16] red hued variable star located in the southern constellation Columba, the dove. It has an apparent magnitude that fluctuates between 5.6 and 5.71.[3] Nevertheless, it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements from the Gaia spacecraft place the star relatively far at a distance of 820 light years.[2] However, it is approaching the Solar System with a poorly constrained radial velocity of −19 km/s.[8]

AF Columbae is a red giant that is currently on the asymptotic giant branch,[4] generating energy via hydrogen and helium shell burning. It has a stellar classification of M2 II/III,[5] indicating an evolved M-type star with the blended luminosity class of a regular giant star and a bright giant. At present it has 1.54 times the mass of the Sun[10] but has expanded to 148 times its girth.[11] It shines with a bolometric luminosity 1,853 times that of the Sun[12] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,611 K.[14]

The star was discovered to be a variable star when the Hipparcos data was analyzed. It was given its variable star designation, AF Columbae, in 1999.[17] The object is classified as a slow irregular variable of subtype Lb.[7] Tabur et al. (2009) found 5 periods for AF Columbae. Most of them last for 40-50 days, while one of them last for 112 days.[18] It appears to be a runaway star, having an unusually high peculiar velocity of 93.2+4.6
−5.2 km/s.[19]

## References

1. ↑ "Light Curve". ESA. https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hipparcos/java-tools/light-curve.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kukarkin, B. V.; Kholopov, P. N.; Artiukhina, N. M.; Fedorovich, V. P.; Frolov, M. S.; Goranskij, V. P.; Gorynya, N. A.; Karitskaya, E. A. et al. (1981). "Catalogue of suspected variable stars.". Moscow: 0. Bibcode: 1981CSV...C......0K.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992). "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun". The Astronomical Journal 104: 275. doi:10.1086/116239. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 1992AJ....104..275E.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Houk, Nancy (1978). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars Volume II: Declinations −52° to −41°. Bibcode: 1978mcts.book.....H.
6. ↑ Corben, P. M. (April 1971). "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars". Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa 30 (4): 37. ISSN 0024-8266. Bibcode: 1971MNSSA..30...37C.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Samus’, N. N.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Durlevich, O. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (January 2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports 61 (1): 80–88. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. ISSN 1063-7729. Bibcode: 2017ARep...61...80S.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kharchenko, N.V.; Scholz, R.-D.; Piskunov, A.E.; Röser, S.; Schilbach, E. (November 2007). "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ~55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations". Astronomische Nachrichten 328 (9): 889–896. doi:10.1002/asna.200710776. ISSN 0004-6337. Bibcode: 2007AN....328..889K.
9. ↑ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331–346. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Mignard, François; Thévenin, Frédéric (March 2019). "Stellar and substellar companions of nearby stars from Gaia DR2. Binarity from proper motion anomaly". Astronomy and Astrophysics 623: A72. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834371. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2019A&A...623A..72K.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (2022). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3". Astronomy & Astrophysics 657: A7. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142146. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2022A&A...657A...7K.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (21 November 2012). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars: Parameters and IR excesses from Hipparcos". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–357. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427..343M.
13. ↑ McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (15 June 2017). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho–Gaia stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471 (1): 770–791. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1433. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471..770M.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Stassun, Keivan G. et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. Bibcode: 2019AJ....158..138S.
15. ↑ "AF Columbae". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=AF+Columbae.
16. ↑ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (11 September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869–879. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E.
17. ↑ Kazarovets, E. V.; Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; Frolov, M. S.; Antipin, S. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (January 1999). "The 74th Special Name-list of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 4659: 1-27. https://ibvs.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/4601/4659.pdf. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
18. ↑ Tabur, V.; Bedding, T. R.; Kiss, L. L.; Moon, T. T.; Szeidl, B.; Kjeldsen, H. (21 December 2009). "Long-term photometry and periods for 261 nearby pulsating M giants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 400 (4): 1945–1961. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15588.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 2009MNRAS.400.1945T.
19. ↑ Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (October 12, 2010). "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Oxford University Press (OUP)) 410 (1): 190–200. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 2011MNRAS.410..190T.

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