Astronomy and Space

9 Cephei

9 Cephei (9 Cep), also known as V337 Cephei, is a variable star in the constellation Cepheus. It is visible to the naked eye. In 1967, Graham Hill announced his discovery that 9 Cephei is a variable star. 9 Cephei was given the name V337 Cephei and classified as an α Cygni variable in 1979. It varies irregularly between magnitude 4.69 and 4.78. A study of the Hipparcos satellite photometry showed an amplitude of 0.56 magnitudes, but could find no periodicity. 9 Cephei is considered to be a member of the Cepheus OB2 stellar association, a scattering of massive bright stars around a thousand parsecs away in the southern part of the constellation Cepheus. Calculations of the physical properties of 9 Cephei vary considerably even from broadly similar observational data. Modelling using the non-LTE line-blanketed CMFGEN atmospheric code gives a temperature of 18,000 K, radius of 40 R☉, luminosity of 151,000 L☉, and mass of 21 M☉. Calculations using the FASTWIND model give a temperature of 19,200 K, radius of 32 R☉, luminosity of 129,000 L☉, and mass of 12 M☉.

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• ▸Comet nucleus
• ▸1767
• ▸HD 80230

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