T Normae Explained

T Normae is a Mira variable star. It is located midway between Eta Normae and Gamma Circini.[1] It ranges from magnitude 6.2 to 13.6 and a period of 244 days.[2] Located around 900 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity 760 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3234 K.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Arnold, H.J.P. . Doherty, Paul . Moore, Patrick . The Photographic Atlas of the Stars. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida. 1999. 176 . 978-0-7503-0654-6.
  2. Web site: T Normae . Otero, Sebastian Alberto . 19 March 2011 . AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. 21 March 2015.
  3. McDonald, I.. Zijlstra, A. A.. Boyer, M. L.. 2012. Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427. 1. 343–57. 2012MNRAS.427..343M. 1208.2037 . 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x . 118665352.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "T Normae".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.