Astronomy:FG Virginis

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Short description: Variable star in the constellation Virgo
FG Virginis
FGVirLightCurve.png
Visual band light curves for FG Virginis, adapted from Breger et al. (1995)[1]
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension  12h 14m 15.457s[2]
Declination −05° 42′ 59.75″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.56[3] (6.53 to 6.58)[4]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type A8/9V[5]
U−B color index 0.05[6]
B−V color index 0.277±0.007[3]
Variable type δ Sct[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)16.4±0.6[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −85.128[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 114.628[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)11.9261 ± 0.0308[2] mas
Distance273.5 ± 0.7 ly
(83.8 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.10[3]
Details
Mass1.80[8] M
Radius2.27[9] R
Luminosity11.95[3] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.9[10] cgs
Temperature7,425[10] K
Rotation1.74±0.43 d[10]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)21.3±1.0[11] km/s
Other designations
FG Vir, BD−04°3235, HD 106384, HIP 59676, SAO 138664, PPM 195288, WDS J12143-0543A[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

FG Virginis is a well-studied variable star in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It is a dim star, near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye, with an apparent visual magnitude that ranges from 6.53 down to 6.58.[4] The star is located at a distance of 273.5 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements,[2] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +16 km/s.[7] Because of its position near the ecliptic, it is subject to lunar occultations.[13]

The variability of this star was first reported by O. J. Eggen in 1971, who classified it as an ultra-short period cepheid – a proposed category of pulsating stars in the instability strip.[14] It was subsequently grouped in the class of Delta Scuti variables, which show a pulsation period of less than a day.[15] Observations in 1984 by P. Lopez de Coca showed at least one pulsation period with a cycle of 1.9 hours.[16] L. Mantegazza and associates in 1994 were able to detect seven or more pulsation modes, with the previously detected dominant mode being a radial pulsation with a frequency of 12.72 cycles per day.[17]

The star became of interest to astroseismology study because of its relatively slow rotation rate and the numerous modes of pulsation. A multi-site campaign involving the Whole Earth Telescope network was conducted in 1993 to observe this star, which detected ten modes.[1] This was increased to 24 frequencies in 1998,[18] then 67 independent frequencies with 79 total by 2005. Evidence suggests there are many more such modes.[19]

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A8/9V,[5] but is near the end of its main sequence lifetime.[11] It is classified as a Delta Scuti variable that varies in brightness with an amplitude of 0.040 in visual magnitude and a period of 1.89 hours.[6] Element abundances are similar to the Sun, although there is a slight overabundance of barium and underabundances of sulfur and carbon.[20] It has a projected rotational velocity of 21 km/s, but the actual rotational velocity is likely much higher at around 80 km/s.[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Breger, M. et al. (May 1995), "The δ Scuti star FG Virginis. I. Multiple pulsation frequencies determined with a combined DSN/WET campaign", Astronomy & Astrophysics 297: 473, Bibcode1995A&A...297..473B. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Brown, A. G. A. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. Bibcode2021A&A...649A...1G.  Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Samus, N. N. et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1 61 (1): 80–88, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, Bibcode2017ARep...61...80S. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey 5, Bibcode1999MSS...C05....0H. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Rodríguez, E. et al. (June 2000), "A revised catalogue of delta Sct stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 144 (3): 469–474, doi:10.1051/aas:2000221, Bibcode2000A&AS..144..469R. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  8. Breger, M.; Pamyatnykh, A. A. (May 2006), "Amplitude variability or close frequencies in pulsating stars - the δ Scuti star FG Vir", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 368 (2): 571–578, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10119.x, Bibcode2006MNRAS.368..571B. 
  9. Zima, W. et al. (June 2004), "Moment Method and Pixel-by-Pixel Method: Complementary Mode Identification I. Testing FG Vir-like pulsation modes", Communications in Asteroseismology 144: 5–22, doi:10.1553/cia144s5, Bibcode2004CoAst.144....5Z. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Zima, W. et al. (August 2006), "A new method for the spectroscopic identification of stellar non-radial pulsation modes. II. Mode identification of the δ Scuti star FG Virginis", Astronomy & Astrophysics 455 (1): 235–246, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20064877, Bibcode2006A&A...455..235Z. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Breger, M.; Lenz, P. (February 2019), "Photometric data by the Delta Scuti Network. II. EE Cam, FG Vir, 44 Tau", The Journal of Astronomical Data 25 (1): 6, Bibcode2019JAD....25....1B. 
  12. "FG Vir". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=FG+Vir. 
  13. Eitter, J. J.; Beavers, W. I. (June 1979), "Lunar occultation summary. III", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 40: 475–486, doi:10.1086/190595, Bibcode1979ApJS...40..475E.  See event no. 528.
  14. Eggen, O. J. (December 1971), "The Nature of the Blue Stragglers in the Old Disk Population", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 83 (496): 762, doi:10.1086/129212, Bibcode1971PASP...83..762E. 
  15. Baglin, A. et al. (March 1973), "Delta Scuti stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics 23: 221, Bibcode1973A&A....23..221B. 
  16. Lopez de Coca, P. et al. (January 1984), "Narrow Band Photometry of FG Vir", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 2465: 1, Bibcode1984IBVS.2465....1L. 
  17. Mantegazza, L. et al. (July 1994), "Simultaneous intensive photometry and high resolution spectroscopy of δ Scuti stars I. Mode typing of HD 106384 = FG Virginis", Astronomy & Astrophysics 287: 95–104, Bibcode1994A&A...287...95M. 
  18. Breger, M. et al. (January 1999), "The delta Scuti star FG Virginis. IV. Mode identifications and pulsation modelling", Astronomy & Astrophysics 341: 151–162, Bibcode1999A&A...341..151B. 
  19. Breger, M. et al. (June 2005), "Detection of 75+ pulsation frequencies in the δ Scuti star FG Virginis", Astronomy & Astrophysics 435 (3): 955–965, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042480, Bibcode2005A&A...435..955B. 
  20. Mittermayer, P.; Weiss, W. W. (September 2003), "Atmospheric properties and abundances of the delta Scuti star FG Virginis", Astronomy & Astrophysics 407: 1097–1101, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030930, Bibcode2003A&A...407.1097M. 

Further reading

  • Haas, P. (2011), "Analyses of Crawford's uvby β calibrations using the pulsational variations of FG Vir", Communications in Asteroseismology 162: 3, doi:10.1553/cia162s3, Bibcode2011CoAst.162....3H. 
  • Lenz, P. et al. (April 2008), "Determination of intrinsic mode amplitudes of the δ Scuti stars FG Vir and 44 Tau", Communications in Asteroseismology 153: 40–48, doi:10.1553/cia_153s40, Bibcode2008CoAst.153...40L. 
  • Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz, J. et al. (August 2005), "Inferences from pulsational amplitudes and phases for multimode δ Sct star FG Vir", Astronomy & Astrophysics 438 (2): 653–660, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20052902, Bibcode2005A&A...438..653D. 
  • Kirbiyik, H. et al. (February 2005), "A new oscillating model suggestion for FG Vir", Astrophysics and Space Science 295 (4 7): 473–484, doi:10.1007/s10509-005-1085-y, Bibcode2005Ap&SS.295..473K. 
  • Breger, M. et al. (May 2004), "The δ Scuti star FG Vir. V. The 2002 photometric multisite campaign", Astronomy & Astrophysics 419 (2): 695–701, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035830, Bibcode2004A&A...419..695B. 
  • Mantegazza, L.; Poretti, E. (December 2002), "Line profile variations in the delta Scuti star FG Virginis: A high number of axisymmetric modes", Astronomy & Astrophysics 396 (3): 911–916, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021456, Bibcode2002A&A...396..911M. 
  • Templeton, Matthew et al. (December 2001), "Asteroseismology of δ Scuti Stars: A Parameter Study and Application to Seismology of FG Virginis", The Astrophysical Journal 563 (2): 999–1012, doi:10.1086/324041, Bibcode2001ApJ...563..999T. 
  • Zima, W. (July 2001), "The Spectroscopic and Photometric DSN Campaign 2002 of FG Vir", Communications in Asteroseismology 140: 57–58, Bibcode2001CoAst.140...57Z. 
  • Dziembowski, W. A. et al. (November 1998), Kjeldsen, H.; Bedding, T. R., eds., "Oscillations in XX Pyx and FG VIR and the prospects for asteroseismology of delta Scuti stars from space", The First MONS Workshop: Science with a Small Space Telescope, held in Aarhus, Denmark, June 29–30, 1998 (Aarhus Universitet): p. 127, Bibcode1998mons.proc..127D. 
  • Viskum, M. et al. (July 1998), "Oscillation mode identifications and models for the delta Scuti star FG Virginis", Astronomy & Astrophysics 335: 549–560, Bibcode1998A&A...335..549V. 
  • Breger, M. et al. (March 1998), "The delta Scuti star FG Vir. III. The 1995 multisite campaign and the detection of 24 pulsation frequencies", Astronomy & Astrophysics 331: 271–279, Bibcode1998A&A...331..271B. 
  • Stankov, A.; Zima, W. (March 1998), "Photometry of the Delta Scuti Star FG VIR during the 1995 Multi-Site Campaign", Baltic Astronomy 7 (2): 243–253, doi:10.1515/astro-1998-0207, Bibcode1998BaltA...7..243S. 
  • Breger, M. et al. (May 1996), "The δ Scuti star FG Virginis. II. A search for high pulsation frequencies", Astronomy & Astrophysics 309: 197–202, Bibcode1996A&A...309..197B. 
  • Guzik, J. A.; Bradley, P. A. (September 1995), "Models and mode identifications of the Delta Scuti Star FG Vir", Delta Scuti Star Newsletter 9 (9): 7–14, Bibcode1995DSSN....9....7G. 
  • Breger, M. (September 1995), "The 1995 FG VIR campaign: will 550 hours of new data and 19 frequencies be enough to do asteroseismology?", Delta Scuti Star Newsletter 9 (9): 14–17, Bibcode1995DSSN....9...14B. 
  • Dawson, D. W. et al. (June 1995), "A Photometric Study of the delta Scuti Star FG Virginis Undertaken during 1985/6", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 107: 517–520, doi:10.1086/133585, Bibcode1995PASP..107..517D. 
  • Dawson, D. W. (March 1990), "The Period Structure of FG Virginis", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 22: 831, Bibcode1990BAAS...22..831D. 
  • Gonzalez-Bedolla, S. F.; Rodriguez, E. (February 1990), "FG Vir, Additional Photoelectric Observations", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 3426: 1, Bibcode1990IBVS.3426....1G.