Y Octantis

variable star in the constellation Octans
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Y Octantis

Summary

Y Octantis is a RR Lyrae variable[1].

Key Facts

  • Y Octantis's instance of is recorded as RR Lyrae variable[2].
  • Y Octantis's instance of is recorded as spectroscopic binary[3].
  • Y Octantis's constellation is recorded as Octans[4].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as GSC 09521-00425[5].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J14290452-8838436[6].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as UCAC2 6373[7].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as UCAC3 3-4063[8].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as TYC 9521-425-1[9].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as GSC2.3 S743000311[10].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR1 5764934181067920256[11].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 5764934181067920256[12].
  • Y Octantis's catalog code is recorded as Y Oct[13].
  • Y Octantis's type of variable star is recorded as RR Lyrae variable[14].
  • Y Octantis's type of variable star is recorded as RR Lyrae variable with asymmetric light curves[15].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.98'}[16].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.04'}[17].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.43'}[18].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.2347'}[19].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.297'}[20].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.029'}[21].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.919'}[22].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.13'}[23].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.54'}[24].
  • Y Octantis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.59'}[25].
  • Y Octantis's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.4143'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include RR Lyrae variable[2] and spectroscopic binary[3].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GSC 09521-00425[5], 2MASS J14290452-8838436[6], UCAC2 6373[7], UCAC3 3-4063[8], TYC 9521-425-1[9], and GSC2.3 S743000311[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] . Gaia Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Difference image analysis of defocused observations with CSTAR. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . General Catalogue of Variable Stars. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Third U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC3). wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Photometry of variable stars from Dome A, Antarctica: results from the 2010 observing season. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Difference image analysis of defocused observations with CSTAR. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Difference image analysis of defocused observations with CSTAR. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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