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R Doradus

variable star in the constellation Dorado
Thing Optical Double Q115379

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
optical double, long-period variable star, variable star, star, pulsating variable star, semiregular variable star[2][3][4][5][6]
Apparent magnitude
-3.85 (-3.85–7.84, n=8)
Catalog code
IRAS 04361-6210, GSC 08880-01071, 2MASS J04364544-6204379, HD 29712, HIP 21479, SAO 249066, HR 1492, AAVSO 0435-62, CCDM J04368-6205A, CD-62 175, CPC 20.1 1002, CPD-62 372, CSI-62 372 41, GC 5661, GCRV 2726, HIC 21479, IDS 04356-6216 A, JP11 913, N30 980, PPM 354226, TYC 8880-1071-1, UBV M 10273, R Dor, WDS J04368-6205A[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Constellation
Dorado[7]
Declination
-62.077165937
Declination component of proper motion
-75.78
Epoch
J2000.0
Parallax
18.31
Radial velocity
26.1
Right ascension
69.189963636
Right ascension component of proper motion
-69.36
Spectral class
M8III:e[8]
Type of variable star
SRb semi-regular variable star
🏷️ Also known as
en GC 5661 en GCRV 2726 en HD 29712 en HIC 21479 en HIP 21479 en HR 1492 en P Dor en P Doradus en R Dor en R Doradus en V* R Dor es HD 29712 es HR 1492 es P Doradus fa آر ماهی زرین fa ار ماهی زرین fr HD 29712 fr HR 1492 fr P Doradus he R בדג זהב
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
R Doradus ESO.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/05f1ll
Gaia ID
4677205714465503104
SIMBAD ID
V* R Dor

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Instance of 6
star, variable star, semiregular variable star, pulsating variable star, long-period variable star, optical double
Constellation 1
Dorado
Epoch 1
J2000.0
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Summary

R Doradus is an optical double[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . General Catalogue of Variable Stars. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Revised MK spectral types for G, K ans M stars. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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