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OP Andromedae

The visual band light curve of OP Andromedae, adapted from Barksdale et al. (1984)
Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Andromeda
Right ascension	01 36 27.1998
Declination	+48° 43′ 21.9998″}
Apparent magnitude (V)	6.27 - 6.41
Characteristics
Spectral type	K1III
Apparent magnitude (J)	3.794
Apparent magnitude (H)	3.165
Apparent magnitude (K)	2.914
B−V color index	1.2478
Variable type	RS CVn
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	−42.12±0.14 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −15.189±0.153 mas/yr Dec.: −17.663±0.148 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	6.3462 ± 0.0912 mas
Distance	514 ± 7 ly (158 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	0.37 ± 0.23
Details
Mass	1.5 – 3 M☉
Radius	16.1±2.2 R☉
Luminosity	128.825 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	2.14 cgs
Temperature	4,490 K
Metallicity	-0.10 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	7.2 km/s
Other designations
2MASS J01362720+4843221, BD+47° 460, HD 9746, HIP 7493, SAO 37351, PPM 44205, HR 454, TYC 3282-2270-1
Database references
SIMBAD	data

OP Andromedae is a variable star in the constellation Andromeda. Varying between magnitudes 6.27 and 6.41 over 2.36 days, it has been classified as an RS Canum Venaticorum variable, but there has not been any proof of binarity, yet. It is a red giant star with a spectral classification of K1III.

OP Andromedae is one of the few red giant stars where it was detected an overabundance of Li. The mechanism that enhances lithium in red giants is still unknown. It was proposed that those stars engulfed planets in the recent past; however, this theory was discarded since there is an overabundance of just one lithium isotope.

References

1. Barksdale, W. S.; Boyd, L. J.; Genet, R. M.; Chang, S.; Hall, D. S.; Ingvarsson, S. I. (1984). "Discovery that HR 454 is a Variable Star". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 2632: 1. Bibcode:1984IBVS.2632....1B.
2. ^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
3. ^ N. N. Samus; O. V. Durlevich; et al. "OP And database entry". Combined General Catalog of Variable Stars (2017 ed.). CDS. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
4. ^ Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Huchra, John P.; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Light, Robert M.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Stiening, Rae; Sykes, Matthew J.; Weinberg, Martin D.; Wheaton, William A.; Wheelock, Sherry L.; Zacarias, N. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2246: II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
5. Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000), "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 355: L27 – L30, Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
6. ^ Balachandran, Suchitra C.; Fekel, Francis C.; Henry, Gregory W.; Uitenbroek, Han (2000). "Two K Giants with Supermeteoritic Lithium Abundances: HDE 233517 and HD 9746". The Astrophysical Journal. 542 (2): 978–88. Bibcode:2000ApJ...542..978B. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.36.1062. doi:10.1086/317055. S2CID 15952468.
7. ^ Takeda, Y.; Tajitsu, A. (August 2017). "On the observational characteristics of lithium-enhanced giant stars in comparison with normal red giants". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 69 (4): 978–88. arXiv:1706.02273. Bibcode:2017PASJ...69...74T. doi:10.1093/pasj/psx057. S2CID 119451146.

v t e Constellation of Andromeda
Adhil Andromeda in Chinese astronomy List of Andromeda's satellite galaxies List of stars in Andromeda
Stars	Bayer α (Alpheratz) β (Mirach) γ (Almach) δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ (Adhil) ο π ρ σ τ υ (Titawin) φ χ ψ ω A b c υ Per (Nembus) Flamsteed 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (Veritate) 15 18 22 23 26 28 32 36 39 41 44 45 47 55 56 58 59 63 64 65 66 6 Per Variable R T U W Z RT RV RX SU SW TU TW WZ XZ AB AC AD AE AF AR BM BX CC CG CN DS DX EG ET EU FF GO GP GQ GX GR GY HH HN IW KK KX KZ LL LN LP LQ OP OS OU PX PY QR QV QX V385 V428 V439 V455 V529 V807 HR 1 40 56 78 104 122 134 178 275 282 283 289 379 410 483 687 746 748 8884 8925 8950 8962 8973 9011 9074 9075 9105 HD 16175 (Buna) 222155 Other 3XMM J004232.1+411314 ADS 48 HAT-P-6 (Sterrennacht) HAT-P-16 HAT-P-19 HAT-P-28 M31-RV KELT-1 NGC 44 NGC 82 NGC 84 NGC 91 NGC 162 NGC 464 Qatar-3 Qatar-4 Qatar-5 PA-99-N2 WASP-1 WISE 0146+4234 WISE J0005+3737 WISE J004945.61+215120.0
Exoplanets 14 Andromedae b κ Andromedae b υ Andromedae b c d Gliese 15 Ab c HD 13931 b HD 16175 b HAT-P-6b HAT-P-32b WASP-1b WASP-33b Qatar-4b Qatar-5b
Star clusters	NGC 206 272 752 956 7686 Other Mayall II RBC EXT8
Nebulae	NGC 7662
Galaxies	Messier 32 110 NGC 5 11 13 19 20 21 27 39 43 48 49 51 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 76 79 80 81 83 85 86 90 93 94 96 97 108 109 112 140 149 160 169 181 183 184 214 218 226 228 229 233 243 252 258 260 262 280 304 317 389 393 404 425 431 477 512 513 523 528 529 531 536 542 561 605 620 668 679 687 700 703 704 705 708 709 710 712 714 717 721 732 753 759 801 812 834 891 906 910 911 912 913 920 937 980 995 996 999 1000 7640 7836 Numbered I II III IV V VIII IX X XI XVIII XIX XXI Other 3C 66A 3C 66B Andromeda Galaxy Arp 273 Donatiello I UGC 1840
Galaxy clusters Abell 262 NGC 68 group
Astronomical events GRB 101225A SN 1885A (S)
Category

• Andromeda (constellation)
• Henry Draper Catalogue objects
• Objects with variable star designations
• K-type giants
• RS Canum Venaticorum variables
• Bright Star Catalogue objects
• Hipparcos objects
• Durchmusterung objects