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Name
  W Tuc  
AAVSO UID
000-BFN-866 (405 observations)  
Constellation
Tucana Sequence
J2000.0
00 58 09.70 -63 23 44.4  (14.54043 -63.39566) Search nearby
B1950.0 00 56 09.05 -63 39 54.7
Proper motion
RA: 7.047 +/- 0.114 mas/yDec: -18.737 +/- 0.129 mas/ySource: Gaia DR1
Galactic coord. 301.660 -53.716
Other names

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AN 186.1907 ASAS J005810-6323.8 ASASSN-V J005809.80-632345.2
HIP 4541 HV 3022 SSS_J005809.7-632345
UCAC4 134-000891    
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Variability type
RRAB
Spectral type A5-F4:
Mag. range
10.783 - 11.950 V
Discoverer Annie J. Cannon (1907)
Epoch
05 Nov 1959 (HJD 2436878.431) Ephemeris
Outburst --
Period 0.6422382 d  (15.41372 h)
Rise/eclipse dur. 18%  (2.774 h)
Remarks
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1 GCVS Team (k - b)2 = 0.09, Delta(S) = 7:. P var?
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References
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1 G. Torrealba, M. Catelan, A.J. Drake et al., 2015, MNRAS 446, 2251 2015MNRAS.446.2251T
2 D.M. Szczygiel, G. Pojmanski, B. Pilecki, 2009, arXiv:0906.2199v1
[astro-ph.SR]
2009arXiv0906.2199S
3 G.Pojmanski, Acta Astronomica 52, 397, 2002. 2002AcA....52..397P
4 V.P.Zessewitsch, M.S.Kazanasmas, Atlas of Finding Charts for Variable
Stars, M., 1971.
1971afcv.book.....T
5 S.Gaposchkin, HB N917, 1943. 1943BHarO.917Q..16G
6 Dunér, N. C.; Hartwig, E.; Muller, G., 1913, Benennung von neu entdeckten
veränderlichen Sternen
1913AN....195..241D
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Catalog Data
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2MASS J = 10.56H = 10.30K = 10.28J - K = 0.28
AllWISE W1 = 10.29W2 = 10.30W3 = 10.22W4 = 9.21W1 - W2 = -0.01W3 - W4 = 1.01
APASS-DR9 B = 11.50V = 11.23g' = 11.27r' = 11.18i' = 11.26B - V = 0.27
GALEX-DR5 FUV = 20.54NUV = 15.46FUV - NUV = 5.08
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5 Fernig, Leo 2022-11-15 22:35 UTC Discoverer updated from 1913AN....195..241D page 245.
4 Admin, VSX 2015-04-28 00:54 UTC UCAC4 position.
3 Admin, VSX 2010-01-05 04:43 UTC Position updated from the GCVS version of November 2009.
2 Admin, VSX 2009-06-19 01:49 UTC Update from [2009arXiv0906.2199S].
1 Admin, VSX 2005-12-18 01:33 UTC Initial upload.