Variable star in the constellation Vulpecula
U Vulpeculae is a variable and binary star in the constellation Vulpecula .
It is a classical Cepheid variable and its apparent magnitude ranges from 6.73 to 7.54 over a precise cycle of 7.99 days.[ 4] Its variable nature was discovered in 1898 at Potsdam Observatory by Gustav Müller and Paul Kempf .[ 11]
In 1991 a study of radial velocities showed that it U Vulpeculae is a spectroscopic binary and a full orbit with a period of 2510 days (6.9 years) was first calculated in 1996.[ 12] [ 7] The secondary star is invisible and is only known from its effect on the motion of the primary.[ 6]
References
^ Kiss, Laszlo L. (July 1998). "A photometric and spectroscopic study of the brightest northern Cepheids - I. Observations" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 297 (3): 825. Bibcode :1998MNRAS.297..825K . doi :10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01559.x .
^ a b c d e 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 .
^ a b Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S . 1 : B/gcvs. Bibcode :2009yCat....102025S .
^ a b Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "U Vulpeculae" . AAVSO Website . American Association of Variable Star Observers . Retrieved 2 August 2015 .
^ Kovtyukh, V. V.; Chekhonadskikh, F. A.; Luck, R. E.; Soubiran, C.; Yasinskaya, M. P.; Belik, S. I. (2010). "Accurate luminosities for F-G supergiants from FeII/FeI line depth ratios" (PDF) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 408 (3): 1568. Bibcode :2010MNRAS.408.1568K . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17217.x .
^ a b Groenewegen, M. A. T. (2008). "Baade-Wesselink distances and the effect of metallicity in classical cepheids". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 488 (1): 25–35. arXiv :0807.1269 . Bibcode :2008A&A...488...25G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361:200809859 . S2CID 13871801 .
^ a b c Imbert, M. (1996). "Cepheids and binarity. II. Radial velocities and spectroscopic orbits of four galactic Cepheids: RX Camelopardalis, MW Cygni, Z Lacertae and U Vulpeculae" . Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement (in French). 116 : 497–514. Bibcode :1996A&AS..116..497I . doi :10.1051/aas:1996312 .
^ a b Andrievsky, S. M.; Lépine, J. R. D.; Korotin, S. A.; Luck, R. E.; Kovtyukh, V. V.; MacIel, W. J. (2013). "Barium abundances in Cepheids" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 428 (4): 3252. arXiv :1210.6211 . Bibcode :2013MNRAS.428.3252A . doi :10.1093/mnras/sts270 .
^ a b Marsakov, V. A.; Koval', V. V.; Kovtyukh, V. V.; Mishenina, T. V. (2013). "Properties of the population of classical Cepheids in the Galaxy". Astronomy Letters . 39 (12): 851. Bibcode :2013AstL...39..851M . doi :10.1134/s1063773713120050 . S2CID 119788977 .
^ "U Vulpeculae" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2 August 2015 .
^ Müller, G.; Kempf, P. (1898). "Zwei neue Veränderliche von kurzer Periode" . Astronomische Nachrichten (in German). 146 (3): 37–42. Bibcode :1898AN....146...37M . doi :10.1002/asna.18981460303 .
^ Szabados, L. (1991). "Northern Cepheids: Period Update and Duplicity Effects" . Communications of the Konkoly Observatory . 11 part 3 (96): 123–244. Bibcode :1991CoKon..96..123S .