HD 224801

HD 224801
Location of HD 224801 (circled in red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 00m 43.6345s
Declination +45° 15′ 12.007″
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.32 – 6.42
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type A0IIspSiSrHg
Apparent magnitude (B) 6.299
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.347
Apparent magnitude (G) 6.333
Apparent magnitude (J) 6.407
Apparent magnitude (H) 6.506
Apparent magnitude (K) 6.511
U−B color index −0.35
B−V color index −0.0425
Variable type Alpha² CVn
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−1.00±2.2 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +17.745 mas/yr
Dec.: +0.607 mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.5784±0.0405 mas
Distance585 ± 4 ly
(179 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.0
Details
Mass3.4 M☉
Radius2.8 R☉
Luminosity170 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.12 cgs
Temperature11,900 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.98 dex
Rotation3.74 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)30 km/s
Age239 Myr
Other designations
CG Andromedae, BD+44° 4538, HD 224801, HIP 63, HR 9080, SAO 53568, PPM 42458, TYC 3246-2388-1.
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 224801, also known as CG Andromedae, is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable star in the constellation Andromeda. Located approximately 188 parsecs (610 ly) away, the star varies between apparent magnitudes 6.32 and 6.42 over a period of approximately 3.74 days.

Spectrum

CG Andromedae is also a chemically peculiar star with a strong magnetic field, or Ap star, with a spectral type A0IIspSiSrHg. This means that it's a bright giant star that shows narrow absorption lines and unusual strong lines of silicon, strontium and mercury. Calcium and manganese lines are weaker than expected instead. Other sources report that the stronger lines are of silicon and europium, thus giving a spectral classification B9pSiEu, which has just a slightly different temperature for the blackbody emission in addition to the different lines.

Variability

A light curve for CG Andromedae (HD 224801), plotted from TESS data

CG Andromedae's variability was detected in 1951, and announced by Sanford S. Provin in 1953.

Like in Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable stars, CG Andromedae shows a variation of luminosity and one in the strength of spectral lines with the same period of approximately 3.74 days. It is thought that this is caused by an inhomogeneous distribution of elements on the surface of the star, which cause an inhomogeneous surface brightness.

A shorter period, slightly longer than 2 hours, with an amplitude of 0.011 magnitudes has been observed in the light curve of CG Andromedae; however, with a temperature of 11,000 K, it lies outside the instability strip of the HR diagram where rapidly oscillating Ap stars are located. Magnetohydrodynamic waves propagating in the star could explain the observed variability.

References

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  3. 1 2 CG 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.
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  12. ↑ "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  13. ↑ Provin, Sanford S. (November 1953). "Light-Variations of Peculiar a Stars". Astrophysical Journal. 118: 489. Bibcode:1953ApJ...118..489P. doi:10.1086/145777.