Astronomy:GRW +70 8247
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox (celestial coordinates) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension | 19h 00m 10.2534s[1] |
| Declination | +70° 39′ 51.418″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.19[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | DAP4.5[3] |
| U−B color index | -0.85[4] |
| B−V color index | +0.05[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +85.774[1] mas/yr Dec.: +505.050[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 77.6525 ± 0.0317[1] mas |
| Distance | 42.00 ± 0.02 ly (12.878 ± 0.005 pc) |
| Details[5] | |
| Mass | 1.029 M☉ |
| Radius | 5,960[lower-alpha 1] km |
| Luminosity | 0.013182 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 8.67 cgs |
| Temperature | 12540±143 K |
| Age | (as white dwarf) 1.138 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| ARICNS | data |
GRW +70 8247 is a white dwarf star located 42 light-years from Earth[1] in the constellation Draco. With a magnitude of about 13 it is visible only through a large telescope.
Properties
Although photographed in the 19th century as part of the Carte du Ciel project, the star was not determined to be a white dwarf until G. P. Kuiper observed it in 1934.[7] This makes it the fifth or sixth white dwarf discovered.[lower-alpha 2] At first, its spectrum was thought to be almost featureless,[7] but later observation showed it to have unusual broad, shallow absorption bands.[11][12] In 1970, when light that it emitted was observed to be circularly polarized, it became the first white dwarf known to have a magnetic field.[13][14] In the 1980s, it was realized that the unusual absorption bands could be explained as hydrogen absorption lines shifted by the Zeeman effect.[6][15][16]
Notes
- ↑ Applying the Stefan–Boltzmann law with a nominal solar effective temperature of 5,772 K:
- .
- ↑ The star EGGR 37 was suspected to be a white dwarf by April 1934,[8] but this was not confirmed until 1938.[9][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "LAWD 73". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=LAWD+73.
- ↑ Wesemael, F.; Greenstein, J. L.; Liebert, James; Lamontagne, R.; Fontaine, G.; Bergeron, P.; Glaspey, J. W. (1993). "An atlas of optical spectra of white-dwarf stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 105: 761. doi:10.1086/133228. Bibcode: 1993PASP..105..761W.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode: 1986EgUBV........0M. http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1986EgUBV........0M&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1.
- ↑ "GJ 742". https://www.montrealwhitedwarfdatabase.org/WDs/GJ%20742/GJ%20742.html.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jesse L. Greenstein, Ronald J. W. Henry, and R. F. O'Connell (February 15, 1985). "Further identifications of hydrogen in Grw +70°8247". Astrophysical Journal 289: L25–L29. doi:10.1086/184427. Bibcode: 1985ApJ...289L..25G. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985ApJ...289L..25G.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 G. P. Kuiper (October 1934). "Two New White Dwarfs of Large Parallax". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 46 (273): 287–290. doi:10.1086/124496. Bibcode: 1934PASP...46..287K. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1934PASP...46..287K.
- ↑ P. J. van Rhijn and J. J. Raimond (April 1934). "Some new members of the Hyades cluster". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 94 (6): 508–518, at p. 517. doi:10.1093/mnras/94.6.508. Bibcode: 1934MNRAS..94..508V. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1934MNRAS..94..508V.
- ↑ Jöran M. Ramberg (May 1938). "Zwei weiße Zwerge unter den physischen Hyadenmigliedern" (in de). Astronomische Nachrichten 265 (6–7): 111–112. doi:10.1002/asna.19382650609. Bibcode: 1938AN....265..111R. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1938AN....265..111R.
- ↑ See also Gerard P. Kuiper (August 1941). "List of Known White Dwarfs". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 53 (314): 248–252. doi:10.1086/125335. Bibcode: 1941PASP...53..248K. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1941PASP...53..248K.
- ↑ Walter S. Adams and Frederick H. Seahes (1938). "Annual Report of the Director of the Mount Wilson Observatory (1937-1938)". Mount Wilson Observatory Annual Report 10: 28. Bibcode: 1938MWOAR..10....1A. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1938MWOAR..10....1A.
- ↑ Jesse L. Greenstein and Mildred S. Matthews (July 1957). "Studies of the White Dwarfs. I. Broad Features in White Dwarf Spectra". Astrophysical Journal 126: 14–18. doi:10.1086/146364. Bibcode: 1957ApJ...126...14G. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1957ApJ...126...14G.
- ↑ James C. Kemp, John B. Swedlund, J. D. Landstreet, and J. R. P. Angel (August 1970). "Discovery of Circularly Polarized Light from a White Dwarf". Astrophysical Journal 161: L77–L79. doi:10.1086/180574. Bibcode: 1970ApJ...161L..77K. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970ApJ...161L..77K.
- ↑ Angel, J.R.P.; Landstreet, J.D.; Oke, J.B. (1972). "The Spectral Dependence of Circular Polarization in Grw+70°8247". Astrophysical Journal 171: L11–L15. doi:10.1086/180857. Bibcode: 1972ApJ...171L..11A.
- ↑ J. R. P. Angel, James Liebert, and H. S. Stockman (May 1, 1985). "The optical spectrum of hydrogen at 160-350 million gauss in the white dwarf Grw +70°8247". Astrophysical Journal 292: 260–266. doi:10.1086/163156. Bibcode: 1985ApJ...292..260A. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985ApJ...292..260A.
- ↑ D. T. Wickramasinghe and Lilia Ferrario (April 1, 1988). "A centered dipole model for the high field magnetic white dwarf GRW +70°8247". Astrophysical Journal 327: 222–233. doi:10.1086/166184. Bibcode: 1988ApJ...327..222W. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988ApJ...327..222W.
