LZ Cephei

LZ Cephei

A light curve for LZ Cephei, plotted from TESS data
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Cepheus
Right ascension 22h 02m 04.57263s
Declination +58° 00′ 01.3098″
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.6
Characteristics
Spectral type O 9III (primary) + ON 9.7V (secondary)
Variable type Rotating ellipsoidal variable
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −3.096±0.061 mas/yr
Dec.: −2.611±0.054 mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.9070±0.0525 mas
Distance3,600 ± 200 ly
(1,100 ± 60 pc)
Orbit
Period (P)3.070507 d
Eccentricity (e)0.0
Inclination (i)49±2.4°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		88.72±1.02 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)		224.48±2.58 km/s
Details
Primary
Mass16.0 M☉
Radius11.7+3.3
−2.7 R☉
Luminosity79,000 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.71±0.02 cgs
Temperature32,000±1,000 K
Secondary
Mass6.5 M☉
Radius9.4+2.6
−2.2 R☉
Luminosity45,000 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.48±0.02 cgs
Temperature28,000±1,000 K
Other designations
14 Cephei, HD 209481, BD+57 2441, HIP 108772, HR 8406, SAO 33990
Database references
SIMBADdata

LZ Cephei, also known by its Flamsteed designation 14 Cephei, is a star about 3,600 light years from the Earth, in the constellation Cepheus. Its apparent magnitude is 5.6, making it faintly visible to the naked eye of an observer far from city lights. The star is a rotating ellipsoidal variable whose brightness, as measured by the Hipparcos satellite, varies between magnitude 5.52 and 5.61.

LZ Cephei was discovered to be a binary star by William Edmund Harper in 1931. The orbital elements were first calculated by Robert Methven Petrie in 1962. It was discovered to be a variable star in 1972 by N. Kameswara Rao, using the Lick Observatory's 24 inch telescope. The star was given the variable star designation LZ Cephei in 1973. It was classified as an ellipsoidal variable by Hill et al. in 1976.

A 2011 study of LZ Cephei concluded that the existing data are best explained if the system is a semi-detached binary with either the primary or secondary star nearly filling its Roche lobe. The secondary star, now less massive than the primary, was originally the more massive star, and matter has been transferred from the secondary to the primary.

References

  1. ↑ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harries, T. J.; Hilditch, R. W.; Hill, G. (April 1998). "Interacting OB star binaries: LZ Cep, SZ Cam and IU AUR". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 295 (2): 386–396. Bibcode:1998MNRAS.295..386H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01340.x.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mahy, L.; Martins, F.; Machado, C.; Donati, J. F.; Bouret, J. C. (September 2011). "The two components of the evolved massive binary LZ Cephei. Testing the effects of binarity on stellar evolution". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 533. arXiv:1106.6162. Bibcode:2011A&A...533A...9M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116993.
  5. 1 2 Samus', N. N.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Durlevich, O. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports. 61 (1): 80. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. S2CID 125853869.
  6. ↑ "14 Cep -- Spectroscopic Binary". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  7. 1 2 Petrie, R. M. (May 1962). "The O-type spectroscopic binary 14 Cephei". Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Victoria. 12: 111–116. Bibcode:1962PDAO...12..111P.
  8. ↑ Kameswara Rao, N. (August 1972). "Light Variations of Three Spectroscopic Binaries". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 84 (500): 563–565. Bibcode:1972PASP...84..563K. doi:10.1086/129332.
  9. ↑ Kukarkin, B. V.; Kholopov, P. N.; Kukarkina, N. P. (October 1973). "59th Name-List of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 834 (1): 1. Bibcode:1973IBVS..834....1K.
  10. ↑ Hill, G.; Hilditch, R. W.; Pfannenschmidt, E. L. (January 1976). "Photoelectric measures of variable stars observed at Mt. Kobau (1970 - 73)". Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Victoria. 15: 1–35. Bibcode:1976PDAO...15....1H.