V518 Carinae

V518 Carinae
Location of V518 Carinae in IC 2602 (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 10h 42m 14.12927s
Declination −64° 27′ 59.1340″
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.63 - 4.82
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type B3/5V
U−B color index −0.58
B−V color index −0.14
Variable type γ Cas?
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −17.821 mas/yr
Dec.: +11.580 mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.7516±0.0843 mas
Distance483 ± 6 ly
(148 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.169
Details
Mass6.2 M☉
Radius3.30±0.07 R☉
Luminosity753 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.015 cgs
Temperature15,397 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)120 km/s
Age17.2 Myr
Other designations
V518 Carinae, HD 92938, HIP 52370, HR 4196
Database references
SIMBADdata

V518 Carinae (HR 4196) is a naked eye variable star in the constellation Carina. It is a member of the bright open cluster IC 2602 near the Carina Nebula.

Location

V518 Carinae lies in the open cluster IC 2602, 5 arc minutes from its brightest member θ Carinae.

Variability

A light curve for V518 Carinae, plotted from Hipparcos data

V518 Carinae was discovered to change in brightness after analysis of Hipparcos photometry. The amplitude of the variations seen is 0.2 magnitudes, with possible periods of 100 and 971 days. It is classified as a γ Cassiopeiae variable.

Spectral peculiarities

V518 Carinae is classified as a B-type main sequence star between B3 and B5. It is also catalogued as a helium star, a chemically peculiar star with abnormally strong helium absorption lines in its spectrum and relatively weak hydrogen lines. It is possibly a blue straggler.

V518 Carinae is also a Be star, a hot star with emission lines in its spectrum due to a disk of material around the star. Be stars that show irregular brightness changes due to the disk are grouped as γ Cassiopeiae variables. V518 Carinae is known to produce disk outbursts lasting several hundred days.

References

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