- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/787/110
- Title:
- SAGA: Stromgren survey of seismic KIC stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/787/110
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Asteroseismology has the capability of precisely determining stellar properties that would otherwise be inaccessible, such as radii, masses, and thus ages of stars. When coupling this information with classical determinations of stellar parameters, such as metallicities, effective temperatures, and angular diameters, powerful new diagnostics for Galactic studies can be obtained. The ongoing Stromgren survey for Asteroseismology and Galactic Archaeology (SAGA) has the goal of transforming the Kepler field into a new benchmark for Galactic studies, similar to the solar neighborhood. Here we present the first results from a stripe centered at a Galactic longitude of 74{deg} and covering latitude from about 8{deg} to 20{deg}, which includes almost 1000 K giants with seismic information and the benchmark open cluster NGC 6819. We describe the coupling of classical and seismic parameters, the accuracy as well as the caveats of the derived effective temperatures, metallicities, distances, surface gravities, masses, and radii. Confidence in the achieved precision is corroborated by the detection of the first and secondary clumps in a population of field stars with a ratio of 2 to 1 and by the negligible scatter in the seismic distances among NGC 6819 member stars. An assessment of the reliability of stellar parameters in the Kepler Input Catalog is also performed, and the impact of our results for population studies in the Milky Way is discussed, along with the importance of an all-sky Stromgren survey.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/JAD/21.1
- Title:
- 1972-1974 sigma Sco ubvy light curves
- Short Name:
- J/other/JAD/21.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents and discusses information about the observations and data reductions of a time series of photometric measurements of sigma Sco that has been collected in 1972 and 1974. Nearly two thousand standardised uvby magnitude differences sigma Sco minus tau Sco, together with unpublished instrumental differential magnitudes, are herewith supplied. This extended dataset will enhance the applicability of these more than four decades old measurements when used in studies based on data obtained with modern-day techniques such as robotic and space telescopes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/812/12
- Title:
- S-index and Stroemgren LC of HD30495
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/812/12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A growing body of evidence suggests that multiple dynamo mechanisms can drive magnetic variability on different timescales, not only in the Sun but also in other stars. Many solar activity proxies exhibit a quasi-biennial (~2yr) variation, which is superimposed upon the dominant 11 year cycle. A well-characterized stellar sample suggests at least two different relationships between rotation period and cycle period, with some stars exhibiting long and short cycles simultaneously. Within this sample, the solar cycle periods are typical of a more rapidly rotating star, implying that the Sun might be in a transitional state or that it has an unusual evolutionary history. In this work, we present new and archival observations of dual magnetic cycles in the young solar analog HD 30495, a ~1Gyr old G1.5V star with a rotation period near 11 days. This star falls squarely on the relationships established by the broader stellar sample, with short-period variations at ~1.7yr and a long cycle of ~12yr. We measure three individual long-period cycles and find durations ranging from 9.6 to 15.5yr. We find the short-term variability to be intermittent, but present throughout the majority of the time series, though its occurrence and amplitude are uncorrelated with the longer cycle. These essentially solar-like variations occur in a Sun-like star with more rapid rotation, though surface differential rotation measurements leave open the possibility of a solar equivalence.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/SAAOC/15.40
- Title:
- Southern reddened luminous stars. I.
- Short Name:
- J/other/SAAOC/15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stroemgren uvby photometry has been obtained for 270 reddened and very reddened OB stars selected from the Stephenson & Sanduleak (1971) catalogue of Luminous Stars in the Southern Milky Way (LSS), Cat. <III/43>. Corrections have been applied to convert the data as closely as possible to the reddened O stars observed by Crawford (1975PASP...87..481C). Uncorrected and corrected data ar presented in Tables 1 and 3, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/516/A42
- Title:
- Spectral lines of BK Peg and BW Aqr
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/516/A42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Double-lined, detached eclipsing binaries are our main source for accurate stellar masses and radii. In this paper we focus on the 1.15-1.70M_{sun}_ interval where convective core overshoot is gradually ramped up in theoretical evolutionary models. We aim to determine absolute dimensions and abundances for the F-type detached eclipsing binary BK Peg, and to perform a detailed comparison with results from recent stellar evolutionary models, including a sample of previously studied systems with accurate parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/114/699
- Title:
- Spectrophotometry in open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/114/699
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Spectrophotometry is presented for 237 stars in 7 nearby open clusters: Hyades, Pleiades, Alpha Persei, Praesepe, Coma Berenices, IC 4665, and M39. The observations were taken by Lee McDonald and David Burstein using the Wampler single-channel scanner on the Crossley 0.9m telescope at Lick Observatory from 1973 July through 1974 December. Sixteen bandpasses spanning the spectral range 3500-7780{AA} were observed for each star, with bandwidths 32, 48, or 64{AA}. Data are standardized to the Hayes-Latham system to mutual accuracy of 0.016mag per passband. The accuracy of the spectrophotometry is assessed in three ways on a star-by-star basis. First, comparisons are made with previously published spectrophotometry for 19 stars observed in common. Second, (B-V) colors and uvby colors are compared for 236 stars and 221 stars, respectively. Finally, comparisons are made for 200 main sequence stars to the spectral synthesis models of Kurucz, fixing logg=4.0 and [Fe/H]=0.0, and only varying effective temperature. The accuracy of tests using uvby colors and the Kurucz models are shown to track each other closely, yielding an accuracy estimate (1{sigma}) of 0.01mag for the 13 colors formed from bandpasses longward of the Balmer jump, and 0.02mag for the 3 colors formed from the three bandpasses below the Balmer jump. In contrast, larger scatter is found relative to the previously published spectrophotometry of Bohm-Vitense & Johnson (1977ApJS...35..461B) (16 stars in common) and Gunn & Stryker (1983, Cat. <III/88>) (3 stars). We also show that the scatter in the fits of the spectrophotometric colors and the uvby filter colors is a reasonable way to identify the observations of which specific stars are accurate to 1{sigma}, 2{sigma}, .... As such, the residuals from both the filter color fits and the Kurucz model fits are tabulated for each star where it was possible to make a comparison, so users of these data can choose stars according to the accuracy of the data that is appropriate to their needs. The very good agreement between the models and these data verifies the accuracy of these data, and also verifies the usefulness of the Kurucz models to define spectrophotometry for stars in this temperature range (>5000K). These data define accurate spectrophotometry of bright, open cluster stars that can be used as a secondary flux calibration for CCD-based spectrophotometric surveys. (c) 1997 American Astronomical Society.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/151/6
- Title:
- Spectroscopic and photometric properties of Tombaugh 1
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/151/6
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Open clusters can be the key to deepening our knowledge on various issues involving the structure and evolution of the Galactic disk and details of stellar evolution because a cluster's properties are applicable to all its members. However, the number of open clusters with detailed analysis from high-resolution spectroscopy or precision photometry imposes severe limitations on studies of these objects. To expand the number of open clusters with well-defined chemical abundances and fundamental parameters, we investigate the poorly studied, anticenter open cluster Tombaugh 1. Using precision uvbyCaH{beta} photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy, we derive the cluster's reddening, obtain photometric metallicity estimates, and, for the first time, present a detailed abundance analysis of 10 potential cluster stars (nine clump stars and one Cepheid). Using the radial position from the cluster center and multiple color indices, we have isolated a sample of unevolved, probable single-star members of Tombaugh 1. From 51 stars, the cluster reddening is found to be E(b-y)=0.221+/-0.006 or E(B-V)=0.303+/-0.008, where the errors refer to the internal standard errors of the mean. The weighted photometric metallicity from m_1_ and hk is [Fe/H]=-0.10+/-0.02, while a match to the Victoria-Regina Stromgren isochrones leads to an age of 0.95+/-0.10 Gyr and an apparent modulus of (m-M)=13.10+/-0.10. Radial velocities identify six giants as probable cluster members, and the elemental abundances of Fe, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Ni, Y, Ba, Ce, and Nd have been derived for both the cluster and the field stars. Tombaugh 1 appears to be a typical inner thin disk, intermediate-age open cluster of slightly subsolar metallicity, located just beyond the solar circle, with solar elemental abundance ratios except for the heavy s-process elements, which are a factor of two above solar. Its metallicity is consistent with a steep metallicity gradient in the galactocentric region between 9.5 and 12 kpc. Our study also shows that Cepheid XZ CMa is not a member of Tombaugh 1 and reveals that this Cepheid presents signs of barium enrichment, making it a probable binary star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/150/190
- Title:
- Spectroscopy and Stromgren photometry of HR 1040
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/150/190
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A time-series analysis of spectroscopic and photometric observables of the A0 Ia supergiant HR 1040 has been performed, including equivalent widths, radial velocities, and Stromgren photometric indices. The data, obtained from 1993 through 2007, include 152 spectroscopic observations from the Ritter Observatory 1m telescope and 269 Stromgren photometric observations from the Four College Automated Photoelectric Telescope. Typical of late B- and early A-type supergiants, HR 1040 has a highly variable H{alpha} profile. The star was found to have an intermittent active phase marked by correlation between the H{alpha} absorption equivalent width and blue-edge radial velocity and by photospheric connections observed in correlations to equivalent width, second moment and radial velocity in SiII{lambda}{lambda}6347,6371. High-velocity absorption (HVA) events were observed only during this active phase. HVA events in the wind were preceded by photospheric activity, including SiII radial velocity oscillations 19-42 days prior to onset of an HVA event and correlated increases in SiII W_{lambda}_ and second moment from 13 to 23 days before the start of the HVA event. While increases in various line equivalent widths in the wind prior to HVA events have been reported in the past in other stars, our finding of precursors in enhanced radial velocity variations in the wind and at the photosphere is a new result.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/647/A135
- Title:
- 35 star clusters and fields in the SMC
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/647/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work we study 35 stellar clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) in order to provide their mean metallicities and ages. We also provide mean metallicities of the fields surrounding the clusters. We used Stroemgren photometry obtained with the 4.1 m SOAR telescope and take advantage of (b-y) and m1 colors for which there is a metallicity calibration presented in the literature. The spatial metallicity and age distributions of clusters across the SMC are investigated using the results obtained by Stroemgren photometry. We confirm earlier observations that younger, more metal-rich star clusters are concentrated in the central regions of the galaxy, while older, more metal-poor clusters are located farther from the SMC center. We construct the age-metallicity relation for the studied clusters and find good agreement with theoretical models of chemical enrichment, and with other literature age and metallicity values for those clusters. We also provide the mean metallicities for old and young populations of the field stars surrounding the clusters, and find the latter to be in good agreement with recent studies of the SMC Cepheid population. Finally, the Stroemgren photometry obtained for this study is made publicly available.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/757/112
- Title:
- Stellar diameters. II. K and M-stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/757/112
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present interferometric angular diameter measurements of 21 low-mass, K- and M-dwarfs made with the CHARA Array. This sample is enhanced by adding a collection of radius measurements published in the literature to form a total data set of 33 K-M-dwarfs with diameters measured to better than 5%. We use these data in combination with the Hipparcos parallax and new measurements of the star's bolometric flux to compute absolute luminosities, linear radii, and effective temperatures for the stars. We develop empirical relations for ~K0 to M4 main-sequence stars that link the stellar temperature, radius, and luminosity to the observed (B-V), (V-R), (V-I), (V-J), (V-H), and (V-K) broadband color index and stellar metallicity [Fe/H]. These relations are valid for metallicities ranging from [Fe/H]=-0.5 to +0.1dex and are accurate to ~2%, ~5%, and ~4% for temperature, radius, and luminosity, respectively. Our results show that it is necessary to use metallicity-dependent transformations in order to properly convert colors into stellar temperatures, radii, and luminosities.
