GP Andromedae

GP Andromedae

The visual band light curve of GP Andromedae, shown over one pulsation cycle, adapted from Szeidl et al.[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 55m 18.1501s[2]
Declination +23° 09′ 49.3715″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.7 variable [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3[4]
Apparent magnitude (B) 10.96[5]
Apparent magnitude (G) 10.8282[2]
Apparent magnitude (J) 10.071[6]
Apparent magnitude (H) 10.018[6]
Apparent magnitude (K) 9.993[6]
B−V color index 0.164[5]
Variable type Delta Scuti[4]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 25.77±3.38[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −0.37±2.58[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.9355 ± 0.1468 mas[2]
Distance1,700 ± 100 ly
(520 ± 40 pc)
Details[7]
Mass1.7±0.1 M☉
Radius1.72[2] R☉
Luminosity9.454[2] L☉
Temperature7,718[2] K
Age13±3 Myr
Other designations
2MASS J00551814+2309494, HIP 4322, TYC 1739-1526-1
Database references
SIMBADdata

GP Andromedae (often abbreviated to GP And) is a Delta Scuti variable star in the constellation Andromeda.[4] It is a pulsating star, with its brightness varying with an amplitude of 0.55 magnitudes around a mean magnitude of 10.7.[3]

System

GP Andromedae is a main sequence Population I star of spectral type A3, placing it in the instability strip of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram where Delta Scuti variables lay.[3]

A visual companion star 11 arcseconds away, named TYC 1739-1526-2, shares a common proper motion and has a similar distance (measured by parallax) as GP Andromedae.[8] There is no proof, however, that the two stars are gravitationally bound.[9]

Variability

The observed variability of GP Andromedae is typical for a Delta Scuti variable; it's a purely monoperiodic radial pulsating star with a period of 0.0787 days. The period of pulsations is slowly and continuously increasing, matching the predictions of stellar evolution models for Delta Scuti variables.[3]

References

  1. ^ Szeidl, B.; Schnell, A.; Pocs, M. D. (July 2006). "The high-amplitude delta Scuti star GP Andromedae" (PDF). Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 5718 (1): 1–4. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b c d Zhou, A. -Y.; Jiang, S. Y. (2011), "Period and Amplitude Variability of the High-amplitude δ Scuti Star GP Andromedae", The Astronomical Journal, 142 (4): 100, Bibcode:2011AJ....142..100Z, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/4/100.
  4. ^ a b c GP And, database entry, Combined General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2, 2004 Ed.), N. N. Samus, O. V. Durlevich, et al., CDS ID II/250 Accessed on line 2018-10-17.
  5. ^ a b Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000), "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 355: L27–L30, Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  6. ^ a b c Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Huchra, John P.; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Light, Robert M.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Stiening, Rae; Sykes, Matthew J.; Weinberg, Martin D.; Wheaton, William A.; Wheelock, Sherry L.; Zacarias, N. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2246: II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
  7. ^ Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x.
  8. ^ "TYC 1739-1526-2". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  9. ^ Liakos, A.; Nirchos, P. (2017), "Catalogue and properties of δ Scuti stars in binaries", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465 (1): 1181–1200, arXiv:1611.00200, Bibcode:2017MNRAS.465.1181L, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2756, S2CID 119284575.