S Normae
{{Short description|Star in the constellation Norma}}
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| name=S Normae
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{{Location mark
|image=Norma constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280
|label=|position=right
|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=8|mark_link=S Nor|x=420|y=688
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|caption=Location of S Normae (circled)
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{{Starbox observe
| epoch=J2000
| appmag_v=6.394 {{nowrap|(6.12 - 6.77)}}
| constell=Norma
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{{Starbox character
| class={{nowrap|F8-G0Ib + B9.5V}}
| variable=δ Cepheid{{cite journal|bibcode=2009yCat....102025S|title=VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)|journal=VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S|volume=1|display-authors=etal|last1=Samus|first1=N. N.|last2=Durlevich|first2=O. V.|year=2009}}
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{{Starbox astrometry
| parallax=1.16
| p_error=0.76
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{{Starbox orbit
| primary =
| name =
| period = 8,660
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| axis =
| axis_unitless = 794 AU
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{{Starbox detail
| mass=6.3
| luminosity=3,630
| temperature=6,350
| rotation=
| component2=companion
| mass2=2.4
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{{Starbox catalog
| names= S Nor, HR 6062, SAO 243586, CD−57°6342, GSC 08719-00158, HD 146323, NGC 6087 132, GC 21898, HIP 79932, NGC 6087 155
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{{Starbox reference
|Simbad=S+Normae
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File:NGC 6087 full.png NGC 6087.]]
S Normae (S Nor) is a yellow supergiant variable star in the constellation Norma. It is the brightest member of the open cluster NGC 6087.
S Normae is a Classical Cepheid variable with a visual magnitude range of 6.12 to 6.77 and a period of 9.75411 days. The spectral type varies during the pulsation cycle from F8 to G0. Its mass has been measured at {{solar mass|6.3}} with reference to a close orbital companion, and it is over 3,000 times as luminous as the sun.
Companions
S Normae is a spectroscopic binary, although the companion has now been resolved using the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3. The separation was 0.90" in April 2011, corresponding to 817 AU. This gives the rare opportunity for a direct determination of the mass of a Cepheid variable star and confirmation of other properties. It is a supergiant that is 6.3 times as massive as the Sun and 2,800 times as luminous. The companion a {{solar mass|2.4|link=y}} blue-white main sequence star of spectral type B9.5.{{cite journal|author1=Evans, Nancy Remage |author2=Bond, Howard E. |author3=Schaefer, Gail H. |author4=Mason, Brian D. |author5=Karovska, Margarita |author6=Tingle, Evan |date=2013|title=Binary Cepheids: Separations and Mass Ratios in 5M ⊙ Binaries|journal=Astronomical Journal|volume=146|issue=4|pages=93, 10 pp|arxiv=1307.7123|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/93 |bibcode = 2013AJ....146...93E |s2cid=34133110 }}
File:SNorLightCurve.png for S Normae, plotted from TESS data]]
There is a more distant 10th magnitude companion at 30", unsurprising in the centre of an open cluster. It is TYC 8719-794-1, a chemically peculiar A or B class star. Three fainter companions have also been found: a 14th magnitude star at 14"; and two 16th magnitude stars at 20".{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/0004-6256/151/5/129|arxiv=1603.02224|title=Hubble Space Telescopesnapshot Survey for Resolved Companions of Galactic Cepheids|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=151|issue=5|pages=129|year=2016|last1=Evans|first1=Nancy Remage|last2=Bond|first2=Howard E.|last3=Schaefer|first3=Gail H.|last4=Mason|first4=Brian D.|last5=Tingle|first5=Evan|last6=Karovska|first6=Margarita|last7=Pillitteri|first7=Ignazio|bibcode = 2016AJ....151..129E |s2cid=119248298 |doi-access=free }}
References
External links
- [http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/vizExec/Vgraph?II/285/./stars&ID=%22S%20NOR%22&P=9.75411000 Light curves in UBVRI colours]
{{Stars of Norma}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:S Normae}}
Category:Norma (constellation)
Category:Classical Cepheid variables
Category:B-type main-sequence stars