W Arae

long-period variable star in the constellation Ara
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W Arae

Summary

W Arae is a long-period variable star[1].

Key Facts

  • W Arae's instance of is recorded as long-period variable star[2].
  • W Arae's constellation is recorded as Ara[3].
  • W Arae's spectral class is recorded as M5III[4].
  • W Arae's catalog code is recorded as GSC 08352-01408[5].
  • W Arae's catalog code is recorded as HD 163086[6].
  • W Arae's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 17531-4947[7].
  • W Arae's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J17570073-4948036[8].
  • W Arae's catalog code is recorded as PPM 763127[9].
  • W Arae's catalog code is recorded as TYC 8352-1408-1[10].
  • W Arae's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 5947178306400724352[11].
  • W Arae's catalog code is recorded as W Ara[12].
  • W Arae's type of variable star is recorded as SRb semi-regular variable star[13].
  • W Arae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.71'}[14].
  • W Arae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.43'}[15].
  • W Arae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+6.7527'}[16].
  • W Arae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2.633'}[17].
  • W Arae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1.718'}[18].
  • W Arae's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1.349'}[19].
  • W Arae's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+1.8198'}[20].
  • W Arae's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+549.5109'}[21].
  • W Arae's SIMBAD ID is recorded as V* W Ara[22].
  • W Arae's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+269.25308329795210'}[23].
  • W Arae's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-49.80100865173730'}[24].
  • W Arae's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[25].
  • W Arae's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-4.940'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

W Arae's instance of is recorded as long-period variable star[2].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GSC 08352-01408[5], HD 163086[6], IRAS 17531-4947[7], 2MASS J17570073-4948036[8], PPM 763127[9], and TYC 8352-1408-1[10].

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] . Catalogue of two dimentional spectral types for the HD stars, Vol. 2. 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+, 2007-2017). wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Gaia Data Release 2. 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] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Gaia Data Release 2. 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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