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[vsnet-chat 5940] Re: [vsnet-id 741] Re: (fwd) ASAS variables: identifications by Anton Paschke



> There is no information of the parallax or the spectral luminosity
> class for this object.  Only the proper motion is marginally detected;
> about 15 mas/yr.  When we assume the transversal velocity of this star
> to be 10 km/s, its distance is about 130pc, which lead M_V ~ 6.  So,
> it possibly is a red subgiant (luminosity class IV).


Dear Yamaoka-san and all,

What's the evolutionary status of a subgiant M- type star?
I thought that normal stars hadn't had time enough to evolve to that stage
due to the age of the universe...
Are they maybe pre-sequence stars??

Regards,
Sebastian.


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