CK Carinae

CK Carinae
	; An I band (near infrared) light curve for CK Carinae, plotted from ASAS data
Observation data; Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation	Carina
Right ascension	10h 24m 25.36s
Declination	−60° 11′ 29.0″
Apparent magnitude (V)	7.2 - 8.5
Characteristics
Spectral type	M3.5 Iab
B−V color index	+2.21
Variable type	SRc
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	−3.92 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −7.351 mas/yr ; Dec.: 2.995 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	0.4286 ± 0.0806 mas
Distance	2,920+190; −150 pc
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−6.31
Details
Mass	15 M☉
Radius	690 R☉
Luminosity	72,000 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	0 cgs
Temperature	3,500 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	0.05 dex
Other designations
	CK Car, CD−59°3058, HD 90382, SAO 238038
Database references
SIMBAD	data

CK Carinae (CK Car / HD 90382 / SAO 238038) is a variable star in the constellation Carina, the keel of Argo Navis. It is a member of the star association Carina OB1-D, at a distance of around 2,300 parsecs or 7,500 light years.

Classified as a semiregular variable star, CK Carinae's brightness varies between apparent magnitudes +7.2 and +8.5 with a period of approximately 525 days.^[3] It has a Gaia Data Release 2 parallax of 0.4286±0.0806 mas,^[5] which implies a distance of around 2,300 pc, and is thought to be a member of the Carina OB1-D stellar association which is at a distance of about 2,200 pc.^[2]^[9] An analysis of the distances of apparently-nearby OB stars implies a distance of 2,920 pc for CK Carinae.^[6] It has an MK spectral classification of M3.5 Iab, with the luminosity class indicating an intermediate luminosity supergiant.^[4]

CK Carinae is a red supergiant with an effective temperature of 3,500 K.^[7] It is 690 times larger than the Sun,^[7] which means that if it were in the place of the Sun, its surface would reach beyond the orbit of Mars, with Earth being encompassed within the star. Consequently, CK Carinae is also a luminous star, radiating 72,000 times as much energy as the sun.^[7]

References

^ "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Levesque, Emily M.; Massey, Philip; Olsen, K. A. G.; Plez, Bertrand; Josselin, Eric; Maeder, Andre; Meynet, Georges (August 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.
^ ^a ^b Kiss, L. L.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Bedding, T. R. (2006). "Variability in red supergiant stars: Pulsations, long secondary periods and convection noise". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 372 (4): 1721–1734. arXiv:astro-ph/0608438. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.372.1721K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10973.x. S2CID 5203133.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
^ ^a ^b Davies, Ben; Beasor, Emma R. (March 2020). "The 'red supergiant problem': the upper luminosity boundary of Type II supernova progenitors". MNRAS. 493 (1): 468–476. arXiv:2001.06020. Bibcode:2020MNRAS.493..468D. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa174. S2CID 210714093.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h González-Torà, G.; Wittkowski, M.; Davies, B.; Plez, B. (2024). "The effect of winds on atmospheric layers of red supergiants II. Modelling VLTI/GRAVITY and MATISSE observations of AH Sco, KW SGR, V602 Car, CK Car, and V460 Car". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 683: A19. arXiv:2312.12521. Bibcode:2024A&A...683A..19G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348047.
^ Anders, F.; Khalatyan, A.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B.; Santiago, B. X.; Jordi, C.; Girardi, L.; Brown, A. G. A.; Matijevič, G.; Monari, G.; Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Weiler, M.; Khan, S.; Miglio, A.; Carrillo, I.; Romero-Gómez, M.; Minchev, I.; De Jong, R. S.; Antoja, T.; Ramos, P.; Steinmetz, M.; Enke, H. (2019). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 628: A94. arXiv:1904.11302. Bibcode:2019A&A...628A..94A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935765. S2CID 131780028.
^ Messineo, M.; Brown, A. G. A. (2019). "A Catalog of Known Galactic K-M Stars of Class I Candidate Red Supergiants in Gaia DR2". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (1): 20. arXiv:1905.03744. Bibcode:2019AJ....158...20M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab1cbd. S2CID 148571616.

[ASASServer-1] "ASAS All Star Catalogue". The All Sky Automated Survey. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[levesque-2] Levesque, Emily M.; Massey, Philip; Olsen, K. A. G.; Plez, Bertrand; Josselin, Eric; Maeder, Andre; Meynet, Georges (August 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.

[kiss-3] Kiss, L. L.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Bedding, T. R. (2006). "Variability in red supergiant stars: Pulsations, long secondary periods and convection noise". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 372 (4): 1721–1734. arXiv:astro-ph/0608438. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.372.1721K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10973.x. S2CID 5203133.

[gcvs-4] 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.

[dr2-5] Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.

[Davies2020-6] Davies, Ben; Beasor, Emma R. (March 2020). "The 'red supergiant problem': the upper luminosity boundary of Type II supernova progenitors". MNRAS. 493 (1): 468–476. arXiv:2001.06020. Bibcode:2020MNRAS.493..468D. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa174. S2CID 210714093.

[gonzalez-tora-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h González-Torà, G.; Wittkowski, M.; Davies, B.; Plez, B. (2024). "The effect of winds on atmospheric layers of red supergiants II. Modelling VLTI/GRAVITY and MATISSE observations of AH Sco, KW SGR, V602 Car, CK Car, and V460 Car". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 683: A19. arXiv:2312.12521. Bibcode:2024A&A...683A..19G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348047.

[starhorse-8] Anders, F.; Khalatyan, A.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B.; Santiago, B. X.; Jordi, C.; Girardi, L.; Brown, A. G. A.; Matijevič, G.; Monari, G.; Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Weiler, M.; Khan, S.; Miglio, A.; Carrillo, I.; Romero-Gómez, M.; Minchev, I.; De Jong, R. S.; Antoja, T.; Ramos, P.; Steinmetz, M.; Enke, H. (2019). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 628: A94. arXiv:1904.11302. Bibcode:2019A&A...628A..94A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935765. S2CID 131780028.

[messinio-9] Messineo, M.; Brown, A. G. A. (2019). "A Catalog of Known Galactic K-M Stars of Class I Candidate Red Supergiants in Gaia DR2". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (1): 20. arXiv:1905.03744. Bibcode:2019AJ....158...20M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab1cbd. S2CID 148571616.

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Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
An I band (near infrared) light curve for CK Carinae, plotted from ASAS data^[1]
Constellation	Carina
Right ascension	10^h 24^m 25.36^s^[2]
Declination	−60° 11′ 29.0″^[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	7.2 - 8.5^[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type	M3.5 Iab^[4]
B−V color index	+2.21^[2]
Variable type	SRc^[4]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	−3.92^[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −7.351^[5] mas/yr Dec.: 2.995^[5] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	0.4286 ± 0.0806 mas^[5]
Distance	2,920+190 −150^[6] pc
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	−6.31^[2]

Details

Mass	15^[7] `M`_☉
Radius	690^[7] `R`_☉
Luminosity	72,000^[7] `L`_☉
Surface gravity (log g)	0^[7] cgs
Temperature	3,500^[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	0.05^[8] dex

Other designations
CK Car, CD−59°3058, HD 90382, SAO 238038
Database references
SIMBAD	data