HD 223960 is a supergiant star in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. Its brightness varies slightly around apparent magnitude 7 which makes it hard to be seen by the naked eye even from dark skies. Parallax measurements by the Gaia spacecraft suggest a distance of around 9,600 light years.

A light curve for HD 223960, plotted from Hipparcos data[10]

HD 223960 is tentatively classified as an α Cygni variable; its brightness changes erratically by less than a tenth of a magnitude with a primary period of about two days.[11] It is a hot supergiant star with a luminosity several hundred thousand times higher than the Sun's.

References

  1. ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012-05-01). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737.
  2. ^ a b c d Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
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  5. ^ Samus', N. N.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Durlevich, O. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports. 61 (1): 80. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085.
  6. ^ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
  7. ^ a b c d Verdugo, E.; Talavera, A.; Gómez De Castro, A. I. (1999). "Understanding A-type supergiants. II. Atmospheric parameters and rotational velocities of Galactic A-type supergiants". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 346: 819. Bibcode:1999A&A...346..819V.
  8. ^ a b c Georgy, Cyril; Saio, Hideyuki; Meynet, Georges (2021). "Blue supergiants as tests for stellar physics". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 650: A128. arXiv:2104.06278. Bibcode:2021A&A...650A.128G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040105.
  9. ^ "HD 223960". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  10. ^ EAS (1997). "The HIPPARCOS and TYCHO catalogues". Astrometric and Photometric Star Catalogues Derived from the ESA Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission. ESA SP Series. 1200. Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. Bibcode:1997HIP...C......0E. ISBN 9290923997. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  11. ^ "V819 Cas". International Variable Star Index. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
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