Distance, Luminosity and evolutionary status of epsilon Aurigae (F0Iaep) from Gaia DR2 parallax

dc.contributor.author	Parthasarathy, M
dc.contributor.author	Muneer, S
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-26T15:00:48Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-26T15:00:48Z
dc.date.issued	2019-01
dc.identifier.citation	Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, Vol. 63, No. 6258	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0374-0676
dc.identifier.uri	http://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/7353
dc.description	Open Access © Konkoly Observatory https://doi.org/10.22444/IBVS.6258	en_US
dc.description.abstract	From Gaia DR2 parallax of ǫ Aurigae the distance, Mv, Mbol, and log(L∗/L⊙sun) are found to be 445 parsecs, −6.5 mag, −6.5 mag, and 4.5 respectively. These results clearly indicate that ǫ Aurigae (F0Iae) is post-AGB star. The progenitor of ǫ Aurigae is most likely an intermediate mass star of 4 to 5 solar masses or the progenitor may be a star which is lower limit of a super-AGB star.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Konkoly Observatory	en_US
dc.subject	epsilon Aurigae	en_US
dc.subject	Gaia DR2 parallax	en_US
dc.title	Distance, Luminosity and evolutionary status of epsilon Aurigae (F0Iaep) from Gaia DR2 parallax	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US