BI Cygni

BI Cygni
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 20h 21m 21.91s
Declination 36° 55 55.6
Characteristics
Spectral type M4 Iab[1]
Variable type Lc[1]
Astrometry
Details
Radius916[2]-1,240[3] R
Database references
SIMBADdata

BI Cygni (IRC +40408 or BD+36 4025) is a red supergiant in the constellation Cygnus.

See also

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. Nicolas Mauron; Eric Josselin (2010). "The mass-loss rates of red supergiants and the de Jager prescription". arXiv:1010.5369Freely accessible [astro-ph.SR].
  3. Table 4 in 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/0504337Freely accessible. Bibcode:2005ApJ...628..973L. doi:10.1086/430901.


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