Variable star in the constellation Aquila
V1291 Aquilae is a single[ 10] star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila . It has a yellow-white hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 5.65.[ 3] Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 278 light years from the Sun . The star it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −22 km/s.[ 2]
In 1962, Helmut A. Abt and John C. Gloson published data showing that the star's brightness varied.[ 11] Based on that publication, the star was given its variable star designation , V1291 Aquilae, in 1972.[ 12]
This is a magnetic chemically peculiar star , or Ap star , with a stellar classification of F0VpSrCrEu,[ 5] matching an F-type main-sequence star with abundance anomalies of strontium, chromium, and europium in the spectrum . It is a variable star of type Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum that ranges in visual magnitude from 5.61 down to 5.67[ 4] with a period of 223.826 days. This is most likely the mean rotational period of the star.[ 1] V1291 Aquilae was one of the first Ap stars discovered with a period of more than 100 days.[ 13] It shows a surface magnetic field strength of 3.6 kG .[ 7]
References
^ a b Mikulásek, Z.; et al. (2003). "Improved period of a slowly rotating cool magnetic CP star HD188041" . Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso . 33 (1): 29– 37. Bibcode :2003CoSka..33...29M .
^ a b c d e f g Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616 . A1. arXiv :1804.09365 . Bibcode :2018A&A...616A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR .
^ a b c d Nicolet, B. (1978). "Photoelectric photometric Catalogue of homogeneous measurements in the UBV System". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series . 34 : 1– 49. Bibcode :1978A&AS...34....1N .
^ a b c Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars". Astronomy Reports . 5.1. 61 (1): 80– 88. Bibcode :2017ARep...61...80S . doi :10.1134/S1063772917010085 . S2CID 125853869 .
^ a b c Abt, Helmut A.; Morrell, Nidia I. (1995). "The Relation between Rotational Velocities and Spectral Peculiarities among A-Type Stars" . Astrophysical Journal Supplement . 99 : 135. Bibcode :1995ApJS...99..135A . doi :10.1086/192182 .
^ Sikora, J.; et al. (February 2019). "A volume-limited survey of mCP stars within 100 pc - I. Fundamental parameters and chemical abundances" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 483 (2): 2300– 2324. arXiv :1811.05633 . Bibcode :2019MNRAS.483.2300S . doi :10.1093/mnras/sty3105 . S2CID 119089236 .
^ a b c Romanovskaya, A.; et al. (September 2019). "Fundamental parameters and evolutionary status of the magnetic chemically peculiar stars HD 188041 (V1291 Aquilae), HD 111133 (EP Virginis), and HD 204411: spectroscopy versus interferometry" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 488 (2): 2343– 2356. arXiv :1907.03598 . Bibcode :2019MNRAS.488.2343R . doi :10.1093/mnras/stz1858 . S2CID 195833749 .
^ Prugniel, P.; et al. (2011). "The atmospheric parameters and spectral interpolator for the MILES stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 531 : A165. arXiv :1104.4952 . Bibcode :2011A&A...531A.165P . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201116769 . S2CID 54940439 .
^ "HD 188041" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 389 (2): 869– 879. arXiv :0806.2878 . Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x . S2CID 14878976 .
^ Abt, Helmut A.; Golson, John C. (July 1962). "Colors and Variability of Magnetic Stars" . Astrophysical Journal . 136 : 35– 51. Bibcode :1962ApJ...136...35A . doi :10.1086/147349 . Retrieved 21 November 2024 .
^ Kukarkin, B. V.; Kholopov, P. N.; Kukarkina, N. P.; Perova, N. B. (September 1972). "58th Name-List of Variable Stars" (PDF) . Information Bulletin on Variable Stars . 717 : 1. Bibcode :1972IBVS..717....1K . Retrieved 21 November 2024 .
^ Adelman, Saul J. (September 2007). "FCAPT uvby Photometry of the mCP Stars HD 16545, HD 93226, HR 7575, and HR 8206" . The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 119 (859): 980– 985. Bibcode :2007PASP..119..980A . doi :10.1086/521962 . S2CID 123397055 .
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