Astronomy:QS Telescopii
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Short description: Binary star system in the constellation Telescopium
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Telescopium |
| Right ascension | 19h 38m 35.816s[2] |
| Declination | −46° 12′ 57.11″[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | M4.5±0.5[3] |
| Variable type | AM Her[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 110 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +35.150[2] mas/yr Dec.: −25.496[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 5.3378 ± 0.0834[2] mas |
| Distance | 611 ± 10 ly (187 ± 3 pc) |
| Orbit[5] | |
| Period (P) | 2.33 h |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.0 |
| Details | |
| White Dwarf | |
| Mass | 0.71[6] M☉ |
| Temperature | 17,500[6] K |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
QS Telescopii is a faint, well-studied[4] binary star system in the southern constellation Telescopium.[7] It is composed of a white dwarf and main sequence donor star, locked into a close, circular orbit facing one another. Known as polars, material from the donor star does not form an accretion disk around the white dwarf, but rather streams directly onto it.[6] This is due to the presence of the white dwarf's strong magnetic field. The pair undergo frequent shifts between a high and low accretion states, and it shifts between single and double accretion poles. The main pole is partially self-eclipsing.[4]
The pair orbit each other with a period of 2.33[5] hours in a circular orbit. The donor star is a small red dwarf with an estimated stellar classification of M4−5.[3] The white dwarf primary has 71% of the mass of the Sun and an effective temperature of 17,500 K.[6] It has a magnetic field strength of 50–80 MG. The system is a source for X-ray emission.[4]
See also
- Variable stars
- Polar (cataclysmic variable)
- AM Herculis
References
- ↑ Rosen, S. R.; Mittaz, J. P. D.; Buckley, D. A.; Layden, A. C.; Clayton, K. L.; McCain, C.; Wynn, G. A.; Sirk, M. M. et al. (June 1996). "Accretion mode changes in QS Tel (RE 1938 — 461): EUVE, ROSAT and optical observations". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 280 (4): 1121–1142. doi:10.1093/mnras/280.4.1121. Bibcode: 1996MNRAS.280.1121R.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Knigge, Christian (December 2006). "The donor stars of cataclysmic variables". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 373 (2): 484–502. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11096.x. Bibcode: 2006MNRAS.373..484K.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Traulsen, I.; Reinsch, K.; Schwope, A. D.; Burwitz, V. et al. (2011). "XMM-Newton observations of the X-ray soft polar QS Telescopii". Astronomy and Astrophysics 529 (A116): 7. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016352. Bibcode: 2011A&A...529A.116T.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Augusteijn, T. et al. (June 2010). "Cataclysmic variables from the Calán-Tololo Survey - II. Spectroscopic periods". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 405 (1): 621–637. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16487.x. Bibcode: 2010MNRAS.405..621A.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Gerke, Jill R. et al. (2006). "Polars Changing State: Multiwavelength Long‐Term Photometry and Spectroscopy of QS Telescopii, V834 Centauri, and BL Hydri". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 118 (843): 678–86. doi:10.1086/503753. Bibcode: 2006PASP..118..678G.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "QS Tel". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=QS+Tel.
Further reading
- Romero-Colmenero, E.; Potter, S. B.; Buckley, D. A. H. (August 2005). "An eclipsing geometry for the polar QS Tel". in Hameury, J.-M.; Lasota, J.-P.. The Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, Proceedings of ASP Conference. 330. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. p. 429. Bibcode: 2005ASPC..330..429R.
- Romero-Colmenero, E. et al. (March 2004). "Spectroscopic and polarimetric observations of QS Tel". Astronomische Nachrichten 325 (3): 214. doi:10.1002/asna.200310216. Bibcode: 2004AN....325..214R.
- Rosen, S. R. et al. (April 2001). "Multiwavelength monitoring of QS Tel". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 322 (3): 631–642. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04141.x. Bibcode: 2001MNRAS.322..631R.
- de Martino, D. et al. (January 1998). "Insights into the accretion flow in QS Telescopii (RE1938-461) from HST observations". Astronomy and Astrophysics 329: 571–578. Bibcode: 1998A&A...329..571D.
- Rosen, S. R. et al. (June 1996). "Accretion mode changes in QS Tel (RE 1938-461): EUVE, ROSAT and optical observations". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 280 (4): 1121–1142. doi:10.1093/mnras/280.4.1121. Bibcode: 1996MNRAS.280.1121R.
- Clayton, K. L.; Rosen, S. R.; Osborne, J. P. (1996). "Recent progress on the polar QS Tel: the HST results". in Evans, A.; Wood, Janet H.. Cataclysmic variables and related objects. Proceedings of the 158th colloquium of the International Astronomical Union (IAU); held at Keele; United Kingdom; June 26-30; 1995; Dordrecht. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 225. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-0325-8_68. Bibcode: 1996ASSL..208..225C.
- de Martino, D.; Buckely, D. A. H.; Mouchet, M.; Mukai, K. (June 1995). "UV observations of the polar system RE 1938-461". Astronomy and Astrophysics 298: L5. Bibcode: 1995A&A...298L...5D.
- Rosen, S.; Mittaz, J.; Buckley, D. A. H.; Layden, A.; McCain, C. (1995). "EUVE Spectrophotometry of QS Tel (RE1938-461): The Second Pole Becomes Active". in Buckley, D. A. H.; Warner, B.. Cape Workshop on Magnetic cataclysmic variables; Proceedings of the Cape Workshop, held in Cape Town, 23-27 January 1995. 85. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. p. 279. Bibcode: 1995ASPC...85..279R.
- Schwope, A. D. et al. (January 1995). "Two-pole accretion in the high-field polar RXJ 1938.6-4612.". Astronomy and Astrophysics 293: 764–776. Bibcode: 1995A&A...293..764S.
- Ferrario, L. et al. (May 1994). "The Polarization and Magnetic Field of REJ1938-461 during its Low State". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 268 (1): 128. doi:10.1093/mnras/268.1.128. Bibcode: 1994MNRAS.268..128F.
- Warren, John K. et al. (September 1993). "Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Observations of the Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable RE 1938-461". Astrophysical Journal Letters 414: L69. doi:10.1086/186998. Bibcode: 1993ApJ...414L..69W.
- Warren, J. K.; Vallerga, J. V.; Mauche, C. W.; Mukai, K.; Siegmund, O. H. W. (December 1992). "EUVE Observations of the Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable RE1938-461". American Astronomical Society, 181st AAS Meeting. 24. 1250. 80.07. Bibcode: 1992AAS...181.8007W.
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