RR Caeli

RR Caeli

A white light light curve for RR Caeli, adapted from Maxted et al. (2007)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Caelum
Right ascension 04h 21m 05.563s
Declination −48° 39 07.06
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.40
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage White dwarf + red dwarf
Spectral type DA7.8 + M4
U−B color index −0.42
B−V color index 0.52
Variable type Algol
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 30.030 mas/yr
Dec.: −533.886 mas/yr
Parallax (π)47.2±0.02 mas
Distance69.10 ± 0.03 ly
(21.186 ± 0.009 pc)
Orbit
Period (P)7.289 h
Semi-major axis (a)1.46 R
Eccentricity (e)0
Inclination (i)87.9°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
48 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
196 km/s
Details
White dwarf
Mass0.453±0.002 M
Radius0.01568±0.00009 R
Luminosity (bolometric)0.0007 ± 0.00015 L
Surface gravity (log g)(7.67–7.72) ± 0.06 cgs
Temperature7540 ± 175 K
Red dwarf
Mass0.168±0.001 M
Radius(0.203–0.215) ± 0.015 R
Luminosity (bolometric)0.0038 ± 0.0013 L
Surface gravity (log g)(5.04–5.09) ± 0.04 cgs
Temperature3100 ± 113 K
Other designations
RR Caeli, LFT 349, WD 0419-487, GJ 2034, 2MASS J04210556-4839070, GSC 08072-01454, Gaia DR3 4788741548375134336
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
ARICNSdata

RR Caeli is an eclipsing binary star system, located 69 light-years from Earth in the constellation Caelum. It is made up of a red dwarf star and a white dwarf, which complete an orbit around each other every seven hours. There is evidence of two circumbinary planets orbiting even further away.