Variable of RS CVn type |
RotationallyVariableObject |
hasProcessVariabilityPeriodic SOME Eclipse |
XRaySource |
EruptiveVariableStar |
PulsatingStar |
misc:description | Eruptive variables of the RS Canum Venaticorum type. This type is ascribed to close binary systems with spectra showing Ca II H and K in emission, their components having enhanced chromospheric activity that causes quasi-periodic light variability. The period of variation is close to the orbital one, and the variability amplitude is usually as great as 0.2 mag in V (UX Ari). They are X-ray sources and rotating variables. RS CVn itself is also an eclipsing system. |
simbad:name | RSCVn |
simbad:shortCode | RS* |