GP Andromedae
GP Andromedae (often abbreviated to GP And) is a Delta Scuti variable star in the constellation Andromeda.[3] It is a pulsating star, with its brightness varying with an amplitude of 0.55 magnitudes around a mean magnitude of 10.7.[2]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 55m 18.1501s[1] |
Declination | +23° 09′ 49.3715″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.7 variable [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A3[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 10.96[4] |
Apparent magnitude (G) | 10.8282[1] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 10.071[5] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 10.018[5] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 9.993[5] |
B−V color index | 0.164[4] |
Variable type | Delta Scuti[3] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 25.77±3.38[1] mas/yr Dec.: −0.37±2.58[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 1.9355 ± 0.1468[1] mas |
Distance | 1,700 ± 100 ly (520 ± 40 pc) |
Details[6] | |
Mass | 1.7±0.1 M☉ |
Radius | 1.72[1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 9.454[1] L☉ |
Temperature | 7,718[1] K |
Age | 13±3 Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
System
GP Andromedae is a main sequence Population I star of spectral type A3, placing it in the instability strip of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram where Delta Scuti variables lay.[2]
A visual companion star 11 arcseconds away, named TYC 1739-1526-2, shares a common proper motion and has a similar distance (measured by parallax) as GP Andromedae.[7] There is no proof, however, that the two stars are gravitationally bound.[8]
Variability
The observed variability of GP Andromedae is typical for a Delta Scuti variable; it's a purely monoperiodic radial pulsating star with a period of 0.0787 days. The period of pulsations is slowly and continuously increasing, matching the predictions of stellar evolution models for Delta Scuti variables.[2]
References
- 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.
- Zhou, A. -Y.; Jiang, S. Y. (2011), "Period and Amplitude Variability of the High-amplitude δ Scuti Star GP Andromedae", The Astronomical Journal, 142 (4), Bibcode:2011AJ....142..100Z, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/4/100.
- GP And, database entry, Combined General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2, 2004 Ed.), N. N. Samus, O. V. Durlevich, et al., CDS ID II/250 Accessed on line 2018-10-17.
- Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000), "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 355: L27–L30, Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
- Cutri, R. M.; Skrutskie, M. F.; Van Dyk, S.; et al. (June 2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues (2246): II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
- Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x.
- "TYC 1739-1526-2". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- Liakos, A.; Nirchos, P. (2017), "Catalogue and properties of δ Scuti stars in binaries", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465 (1): 1181–1200, arXiv:1611.00200, Bibcode:2017MNRAS.465.1181L, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2756.