- Tycho G
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name=Tycho G Starbox image
caption=Tycho G ("g") as seen by Hubble. "NASA image". Starbox observe
epoch=J2000
constell=Cassiopeia
ra=RA|00|25|19.9 [http://hubblesite.org/pubinfo/pdf/2004/34/pdf.pdf] The progenitor of Tycho Brahe’s 1572 supernova]
dec=DEC|64|08|18.2
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class=G2 IV
b-v=0.60
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variable= Starbox astrometry
radial_v=
prop_mo_ra=−2.60
prop_mo_dec=−6.11 [±1.34]
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absmag_v= Starbox detail
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metal=about 100% Sun
mass=about 1
radius= 2 [±1]
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luminosity=about 1
temperature=5750 Starbox catalog
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ARICNS =Tycho G is the surviving binary companion star of the
SN 1572 supernova event.The star is located about 7500
light-year s away in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is asubgiant , similar to our Sun in luminosity and color but more evolved.Tycho G is still close to the center of the supernova remnant and had triggered once the explosion of its binary companion
white dwarf star by contributing mass to it.Evidence for Companion Thesis
* Tycho G' is traveling at a rate of 136 km/s, which is more than four times faster than the mean velocity of other stars in its stellar neighbourhood.
* Tycho G's metallicity is about 3 times higher than the mean metallicity of other stars in its stellar neighbourhood.
Origin of the Name
The supernova
SN 1572 is often called "Tycho's supernova", named afterTycho Brahe who observed the "new star" in 1573.The postfix "G" originates from the candidate companion stars considered, labelled Tycho A to Tycho V.
ee also
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List of supernova remnants Reference
External links
* [http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/mpa/research/current_research/hl2005-3/hl2005-3-en-print.html Discovery of the binary companion of Tycho Brahe's supernova]
* http://jumk.de/astronomie/special-stars/tycho-g.shtml
* http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/3309696.html?page=1&c=y
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