VY Aurigae

Mira variable star in the constellation Auriga
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VY Aurigae

Summary

VY Aurigae is a Mira variable[1].

Key Facts

  • VY Aurigae's instance of is recorded as Mira variable[2].
  • VY Aurigae's constellation is recorded as Auriga[3].
  • VY Aurigae's spectral class is recorded as M8e[4].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as AAVSO 0602+46[5].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as AN 21.1914[6].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as CSI+46-06061[7].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as GCRV 57073[8].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 06061+4635[9].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as IRC +50159[10].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as VY Aur[11].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J06095209+4634281[12].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as [YWW2015] SA13 5414[13].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 963406141390333184[14].
  • VY Aurigae's catalog code is recorded as TIC 440587746[15].
  • VY Aurigae's type of variable star is recorded as Mira variable[16].
  • VY Aurigae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+4.801'}[17].
  • VY Aurigae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3.858'}[18].
  • VY Aurigae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3.197'}[19].
  • VY Aurigae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.4625'}[20].
  • VY Aurigae's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+1.1495'}[21].
  • VY Aurigae's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+24.0'}[22].
  • VY Aurigae's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11lgwvy7fx[23].
  • VY Aurigae's SIMBAD ID is recorded as V* VY Aur[24].
  • VY Aurigae's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+92.46704138878130'}[25].
  • VY Aurigae's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+46.57451035820590'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

VY Aurigae's instance of is recorded as Mira variable[2].

History and Context

Catalog codes include AAVSO 0602+46[5], AN 21.1914[6], CSI+46-06061[7], GCRV 57073[8], IRAS 06061+4635[9], and IRC +50159[10].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Low-dispersion spectra of ten Me stars. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . SIMBAD. 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] . General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 3rd ed.. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . Kinematics of the Mira variables. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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