PG 1159-035

PG 1159-035

A light curve for GW Virginis, adapted from Winget et al. (1985)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0 (ICRS)      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 12h 01m 45.9731s
Declination −03° 45′ 40.629″
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.9
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage PG 1159
Spectral type DOQZ1
Variable type GW Vir
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −14.495 mas/yr
Dec.: −3.207 mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.6905±0.0642 mas
Distance1,930 ± 70 ly
(590 ± 20 pc)
Details
Mass0.63 M☉
Radius0.0254 ± 0.005 R☉
Luminosity (bolometric)200 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)7.59 cgs
Temperature136,000 K
Other designations
GW Vir, GW Virginis, 2E 2572, WD 1159-034
Database references
SIMBADdata

PG 1159-035 is the prototypical PG 1159 star after which the class of PG 1159 stars was named. It was discovered in the Palomar-Green survey of ultraviolet-excess stellar objects and, like the other PG 1159 stars, is in transition between being the central star of a planetary nebula and being a white dwarf.

The luminosity of PG 1159-035 was observed to vary in 1979, and it was given the variable star designation GW Virginis (abbreviation GW Vir) in 1985. Variable PG 1159 stars may be called GW Vir stars, or the class may be split into DOV and PNNV stars. The variability of PG 1139-035, like that of other GW Vir stars, arises from non-radial gravity wave pulsations within itself. Its light curve was observed intensively by the Whole Earth Telescope over a 264-hour period in March 1989, and over 100 of its vibrational modes have been found in the resulting vibrational spectrum, with periods ranging from 300 to 1,000 seconds.

References

  1. ↑ Winget, D. E.; Kepler, S. O.; Robinson, E. L.; Nather, R. E.; O’Donoghue, Darragh (May 1985). "A measurement of secular evolution in the pre-white dwarf star PG 1159-035". The Astrophysical Journal. 292: 606–613. Bibcode:1985ApJ...292..606W. doi:10.1086/163193.
  2. ↑ Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  3. 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.
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  5. 1 2 Jahn, D.; Rauch, T.; Reiff, E.; Werner, K.; Kruk, J. W.; Herwig, F. (2007). "High-resolution ultraviolet spectroscopy of PG 1159-035 with HST and FUSE". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 462 (1): 281. arXiv:astro-ph/0610592. Bibcode:2007A&A...462..281J. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065901. S2CID 17679220.
  6. ↑ Wesemael, F.; Greenstein, J. L.; Liebert, James; Lamontagne, R.; Fontaine, G.; Bergeron, P.; Glaspey, J. W. (1993). "An Atlas of Optical Spectra of White-Dwarf Stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 105: 761. Bibcode:1993PASP..105..761W. doi:10.1086/133228.
  7. 1 2 3 Chen, Y. H. (2019). "Asteroseismology of the DOV star PG 1159-035". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488 (2): 2253. arXiv:1907.01137. Bibcode:2019MNRAS.488.2253C. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1813.
  8. 1 2 Kawaler, Steven D.; Bradley, Paul A. (1994). "Precision asteroseismology of pulsating PG 1159 stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 427: 415. Bibcode:1994ApJ...427..415K. doi:10.1086/174152.
  9. ↑ "PG 1159-035". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  10. ↑ Green, R. F.; Schmidt, M.; Liebert, J. (1986). "The Palomar-Green Catalog of Ultraviolet-Excess Stellar Objects". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 61: 305. Bibcode:1986ApJS...61..305G. doi:10.1086/191115. CDS ID II/207 Archived 2007-02-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ McGraw, J. T.; Starrfield, S. G.; Liebert, J.; Green, R. (1979). "PG 1159-035: A New, Hot, Non-Da Pulsating Degenerate". IAU Colloq. 53: White Dwarfs and Variable Degenerate Stars: 377. Bibcode:1979wdvd.coll..377M.
  12. ↑ Kholopov, P. N.; Samus, N. N.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Perova, N. B. (1985). "The 67th Name-List of Variable Stars". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 2681: 1. Bibcode:1985IBVS.2681....1K.
  13. ↑ Nagel, T.; Werner, K. (2004). "Detection of non-radial g-mode pulsations in the newly discovered PG 1159 star <ASTROBJ>HE 1429-1209</ASTROBJ>". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 426. arXiv:astro-ph/0409243. Bibcode:2004A&A...426L..45N. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200400079. S2CID 9481357.
  14. ↑ Quirion, P. -O; Fontaine, G.; Brassard, P. (2007). "Mapping the Instability Domains of GW vir Stars in the Effective Temperature-Surface Gravity Diagram". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 171 (1): 219. Bibcode:2007ApJS..171..219Q. doi:10.1086/513870. S2CID 122695910.
  15. ↑ Winget, D. E. (1998). "Asteroseismology of white dwarf stars". Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 10 (49): 11247–11261. Bibcode:1998JPCM...1011247W. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/10/49/014. S2CID 250749380.
  16. ↑ Winget, D. E.; et al. (1991). "Asteroseismology of the DOV Star PG 1159-035 with the Whole Earth Telescope". The Astrophysical Journal. 378: 326. Bibcode:1991ApJ...378..326W. doi:10.1086/170434. hdl:10183/108718.
  17. ↑ Costa, J. E. S.; et al. (2008). "The pulsation modes of the pre-white dwarf PG 1159-035". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 477 (2): 627. arXiv:0711.2244. Bibcode:2008A&A...477..627C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053470. S2CID 6762152.