RZ Normae

RZ Normae

A visual band light curve for RZ Normae, plotted from All Sky Automated Survey and ASAS-SN data
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0 ICRS      Equinox J2000.0 ICRS
Constellation Norma
Right ascension 16h 32m 41.66s
Declination −53° 15 33.2
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.2 - <16.2
Characteristics
Spectral type C-Hd
Variable type R CrB variable
Astrometry
Details
Mass0.6 M
Temperature6750 K
Other designations
2MASS J16324166-5315332
Database references
SIMBADdata

RZ Normae is an R Coronae Borealis type variable star in the constellation Norma. It has a baseline magnitude of 10.2, dropping down to dimmer than 16.2 at its minima. It was discovered by the astronomer Sergei Gaposchkin in 1952.

It has around 60% the mass of the Sun and an effective (surface) temperature of around 6750 K.