Astronomy:LP 40-365

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Short description: Star in the constellation Ursa Minor

Coordinates: Sky map 14h 6m 35.45s, +74° 18′ 58″

LP 40-365
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Tangential movement of LP 40-365 between 1955 and 1995. The field of view is 8 × 8 arcminutes.
Credit: Digitized Sky Survey
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Ursa Minor
Right ascension  14h 06m 35.45s[1]
Declination +74° 18′ 58.0″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.51 ± 0.09[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type D[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)498[2] km/s
Total velocity~546[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −56 ± 7[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 148 ± 7[2] mas/yr
Distance632[3] pc
Absolute magnitude (MV)8.14+0.60
−0.90
[2]
Details[2]
Mass0.14 ± 0.01 M
Radius0.078+0.040
−0.020
 R
Surface gravity (log g)5.80+0.20
−0.35
 cgs
Temperature10100+250
−350
 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)30.5 ± 2.0 km/s
Other designations
2MASS J14063545+7418579[3]
Database references
SIMBADdata

LP 40-365 is a low-mass white dwarf star in the constellation Ursa Minor. It travels at high speed through the Milky Way and has a very unusual elemental composition, lacking hydrogen, helium or carbon. It may have been produced in a subluminous Type Iax supernova that failed to destroy its host star totally.[2] [4][5] The "LP" name is derived from the Luyten-Palomar proper motion catalogue in which it appeared in the 1960s.[6] Another catalog name for this star is "GD 492". [3] The star was cataloged as a Giclas object with the designation "GD 492" being assigned by Henry Giclas in 1970.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E. et al. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2246: II/246. Bibcode2003yCat.2246....0C. http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=II/246. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Vennes, Stephane; Nemeth, Peter; Kawka, Adela; Thorstensen, John R.; Khalack, Viktor; Ferrario, Lilia; Alper, Erek H. (18 August 2017). "An unusual white dwarf star may be a surviving remnant of a subluminous Type Ia supernova". Science 357 (6352): 680–683. doi:10.1126/science.aam8378. PMID 28818942. Bibcode2017Sci...357..680V. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "GD 492". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=GD+492. 
  4. "Science Press Release". https://astroserver.org/references/NWKZKA/. 
  5. Javier Barbuzano (17 August 2017). "The White Dwarf That Survived". Sky & Telescope. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/white-dwarf-survived-supernova/. 
  6. Luyten, W. J. (1963–1981). "Proper Motion Survey with the 48 inch Schmidt Telescope". University of Minnesota. 
  7. Giclas, Henry L.; Burnham, Robert; Thomas, Norman Gene (1970). "A list of white dwarf suspects III : Special objects of small proper motion from the Lowell survey" (in en). Bulletin of the Lowell Observatory 7 (153): 183. Bibcode1970LowOB...7..183G. 

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