Astronomy:GD 358

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Short description: Star in the constellation Hercules
GD 358
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A white-light light curve for GD 358, adapted from Winget et al. (1982)[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension  16h 47m 19.02s[2]
Declination +32° 28′ 31.9″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.65[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage white dwarf[3]
Spectral type DBV2[3]
B−V color index -0.1[2]
Variable type DBV[3]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 6[2] mas/yr
Dec.: -162[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)23.2012 ± 0.0298[4] mas
Distance140.6 ± 0.2 ly
(43.10 ± 0.06 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+10.33[5]
Details[6]
Mass0.584+0.025
−0.019
 M☉
Radius0.0132±0.0004 R☉
Radius9,170+300
−290
 km
Luminosity0.061±0.002 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)7.964+0.048
−0.043
 cgs
Temperature24,967±200 K
Other designations
EGGR 239, V777 Her, PG 1645+325, WD 1645+325.
Database references
SIMBADdata

GD 358 is a variable white dwarf star of the DBV type. Like other pulsating white dwarfs, its variability arises from non-radial gravity wave pulsations within the star itself.[7] GD 358 was discovered during the 1958–1970 Lowell Observatory survey for high proper motion stars in the Northern Hemisphere.[8] Although it did not have high proper motion, it was noticed that it was a very blue star, and hence might be a white dwarf.[9] Greenstein confirmed this in 1969.[10]

In 1968, Arlo U. Landolt discovered the first intrinsically variable white dwarf when he found that HL Tau 76 varied in brightness with a period of approximately 749.5 seconds, or 12.5 minutes.[11] By the middle of the 1970s, a number of additional variable white dwarfs had been found, but, like HL Tau 76, they were all white dwarfs of spectral type DA, with hydrogen-dominated atmospheres.[12][13][14] In 1982, calculations by Don Winget and his coworkers suggested that helium-atmosphere DB white dwarfs with surface temperatures around 19,000 K should also pulsate.[15] Winget then searched for such stars and found that GD 358 was a variable DB, or DBV, white dwarf.[1] This was the first prediction of a class of variable stars before their observation.[16], p. 89. In 1985, this star was given the variable-star designation V777 Herculis, which is also another name for this class of variable stars.[17]; [18]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Winget, D. E.; Robinson, E. L.; Nather, R. E.; Fontaine, G. (1982-11-01). "Photometric observations of GD 358 : OB white dwarfs do pulsate". The Astrophysical Journal 262: L11–L15. doi:10.1086/183902. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 1982ApJ...262L..11W. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "GD 358". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=GD+358. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 McCook, George P.; Sion, Edward M. (1999). "A Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 121 (1): 1. doi:10.1086/313186. Bibcode: 1999ApJS..121....1M.  III/210
  4. ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  5. ↑ Limoges, M. -M; Bergeron, P.; Lépine, S. (2015). "Physical Properties of the Current Census of Northern White Dwarfs within 40 pc of the Sun". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 219 (2): 19. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/219/2/19. Bibcode: 2015ApJS..219...19L. 
  6. ↑ Córsico, A. H.; Uzundag, M.; Kepler, S. O.; Silvotti, R.; Althaus, L. G.; Koester, D.; Baran, A. S.; Bell, K. J. et al. (2022). "Pulsating hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs and pre-white dwarfs observed with TESS. III. Asteroseismology of the DBV star GD 358". Astronomy & Astrophysics 659: A30. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142153. Bibcode: 2022A&A...659A..30C. 
  7. ↑ Winget, D E (1998-12-14). "Asteroseismology of white dwarf stars". Physics:Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 10 (49): 11247–11261. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/10/49/014. ISSN 0953-8984. Bibcode: 1998JPCM...1011247W. 
  8. ↑ Giclas, H. L.; Burnham, R.; Thomas, N. G. (1971). Lowell proper motion survey Northern Hemisphere. The G numbered stars. 8991 stars fainter than magnitude 8 with motions > 0".26/Year. Bibcode: 1971lpms.book.....G.  I/79
  9. ↑ Giclas, Henry L.; Burnham, Robert; Thomas, Norman Gene (1967). "A list of white dwarf suspects II : Special objects of small proper motion from the Lowell survey". Lowell Observatory Bulletin 7 (141): 49. Bibcode: 1967LowOB...7...49G. 
  10. ↑ Greenstein, Jesse L. (1969). "The Lowell Suspect White Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal 158: 281. doi:10.1086/150191. Bibcode: 1969ApJ...158..281G. 
  11. ↑ Landolt, Arlo U. (1968). "A New Short-Period Blue Variable". The Astrophysical Journal 153: 151. doi:10.1086/149645. Bibcode: 1968ApJ...153..151L. 
  12. ↑ Robinson, E. L.; McGraw, J. T. (1976). "Observations of variable white dwarfs: One new variable and 35 nonvariables". The Astrophysical Journal 207: L37. doi:10.1086/182173. Bibcode: 1976ApJ...207L..37R. 
  13. ↑ Hesser, J. E.; Lasker, B. M.; Neupert, H. E. (1976). "High-frequency stellar oscillations. XI. The ZZ Ceti star BPM 30551". The Astrophysical Journal 209: 853. doi:10.1086/154784. Bibcode: 1976ApJ...209..853H. 
  14. ↑ McGraw, J. T. (1976). "BPM 31594: A new southern-hemisphere variable white dwarf". The Astrophysical Journal 210: L35. doi:10.1086/182297. Bibcode: 1976ApJ...210L..35M. 
  15. ↑ Winget, D. E.; Van Horn, H. M.; Tassoul, M.; Fontaine, G.; Hansen, C. J.; Carroll, B. W. (1982). "Hydrogen-driving and the blue edge of compositionally stratified ZZ Ceti star models". The Astrophysical Journal 252: L65. doi:10.1086/183721. Bibcode: 1982ApJ...252L..65W. 
  16. ↑ Kawaler, Steven D. (1997). "White Dwarf Stars". Stellar Remnants. Saas-Fee Advanced Courses. 25. pp. 1–95. doi:10.1007/3-540-31628-0_1. ISBN 3-540-61520-2. 
  17. ↑ Kholopov, P. N.; Samus, N. N.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Perova, N. B. (1985). "The 67th Name-List of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 2681: 1. Bibcode: 1985IBVS.2681....1K. 
  18. ↑ Fontaine, G.; Wesemael, F. (2000). White Dwarfs. Bibcode: 2000eaa..bookE1894F.