MY Cephei is the brightest star in this infrared image of NGC 7419. Credit: 2MASS
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0
Constellation
Cepheus
Right ascension
22h 54m 31.698s[1]
Declination
+60° 49′ 38.97″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
14.4–15.5[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage
Extreme[3] OH/IR red supergiant[4]
Spectral type
M3,[5] M7–7.5 I[6](M6–7Iab[2])
Apparent magnitude (G)
10.225[1]
Apparent magnitude (H)
2.98[7]
Apparent magnitude (K)
2.14[7]
Variable type
SRc[2]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)
RA: –2.637[1] mas/yr Dec.: –1.883[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)
0.3398 ± 0.0708 mas[1]
Distance
3,000+350 −290[8] pc
Details
Mass
14.5[9]M☉
Radius
849[10] – 1,134[11][a]R☉
Luminosity
57,070[10] – 155,000[11]L☉
Temperature
3,025[10]–3,595±31[5] K
Age
9[6] Myr
Other designations
MY Cep, IRC +60375, 2MASS J22543171+6049388, IRAS 22525+6033, RAFGL 2987
Database references
SIMBAD
data
MY Cephei (IRC +60375) is a red supergiant located in open cluster NGC 7419 in the constellation of Cepheus. It is a semiregular variable star with a maximum brightness of magnitude 14.4 and a minimum of magnitude 15.5.
MY Cephei has an unusual spectral type of M7.5, one of the latest spectral types of any supergiant, and is one of the most luminous and coolest red supergiants, as well as one of the largest known stars. If placed at the center of the Solar System, the star's surface would engulf the orbit of Jupiter and possibly even the orbit of Saturn.
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^ abc"GCVS Query=MY Cep". General Catalogue of Variable Stars @ Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
^Davies, Ben; Beasor, Emma R. (2019). "The distances to star clusters hosting Red Supergiants: χ per, NGC 7419, and Westerlund 1". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 486: L10–L14. arXiv:1903.12506. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slz050. S2CID 88517447.
^Beauchamp, Alain; Moffat, Anthony F. J.; Drissen, Laurent (1994). "The galactic open cluster NGC 7419 and its five red supergiants". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 93: 187. Bibcode:1994ApJS...93..187B. doi:10.1086/192051.
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^ abHumphreys, Roberta M.; Helmel, Greta; Jones, Terry J.; Gordon, Michael S. (August 2020). "Exploring the Mass Loss Histories of the Red Supergiants". The Astronomical Journal. 160 (3): 145. arXiv:2008.01108. Bibcode:2020AJ....160..145H. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abab15. S2CID 220961677.
^ abCutri, 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.
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^Marco, A.; Negueruela, I. (2013). "NGC 7419 as a template for red supergiant clusters". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 552: A92. arXiv:1302.5649. Bibcode:2013A&A...552A..92M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220750. S2CID 53723223.
^ abcHealy, Sarah; Horiuchi, Shunsaku; Molla, Marta Colomer; Milisavljevic, Dan; Tseng, Jeff; Bergin, Faith; Weil, Kathryn; Tanaka, Masaomi (2024-03-23). "Red Supergiant Candidates for Multimessenger Monitoring of the Next Galactic Supernova". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529 (4): 3630–3650. arXiv:2307.08785. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae738. ISSN 0035-8711.
^ abBeasor, Emma R; Davies, Ben; Arroyo-Torres, B; Chiavassa, A; Guirado, J. C; Marcaide, J. M; Alberdi, A; De Wit, W. J; Hofmann, K. -H; Meilland, A; Millour, F; Mohamed, S; Sanchez-Bermudez, J (2018). "The evolution of red supergiant mass-loss rates". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 475 (1): 55. arXiv:1712.01852. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.475...55B. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx3174. S2CID 55822928.
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