Astronomy:GRW +70 8247

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Short description: Star in the constellation Draco
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
Distance42.00 ± 0.02 ly
(12.878 ± 0.005 pc)
Other designations
GJ 742, AC +70 8247, G 260-15, LFT 1446, LHS 3424, LTT 15585, Grw+70 8247, WD 1900+705[2][5]
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

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.[citation needed]

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.[6] This makes it the fifth or sixth white dwarf discovered.[lower-alpha 1] At first, its spectrum was thought to be almost featureless,[6] but later observation showed it to have unusual broad, shallow absorption bands.[10][11] 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.[12][13] In the 1980s, it was realized that the unusual absorption bands could be explained as hydrogen absorption lines shifted by the Zeeman effect.[5][14][15]

Notes

  1. ↑ The star EGGR 37 was suspected to be a white dwarf by April 1934,[7] but this was not confirmed until 1938.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "LAWD 73". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=LAWD+73. 
  3. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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. 
  7. ↑ 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. 
  8. ↑ 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. 
  9. ↑ 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. 
  10. ↑ 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. 
  11. ↑ 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. 
  12. ↑ 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. 
  13. ↑ 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. 
  14. ↑ 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. 
  15. ↑ 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. 





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