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VZ Cancri
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 40m 52.125s[1]
Declination +09° 49′ 27.15″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.18 to 7.91[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2 III[3]
B−V color index 0.288±0.020[4]
Variable type δ Sct[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)25.2±0.4[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −29.005 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: −15.856 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)4.5062 ± 0.0268 mas[1]
Distance724 ± 4 ly
(222 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.79[4]
Details
Mass1.60[6] M
Radius2.90[7] R
Luminosity15.96[4] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.4±0.2[3] cgs
Temperature6,909±219[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.41[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)26±1[3] km/s
Age1.70[6] Gyr
Other designations
VZ Cnc, BD+10°1848, HD 73857, HIP 42594, SAO 98035, PPM 154840[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

VZ Cancri is a variable star in the constellation Cancer, abbreviated VZ Cnc. It ranges in brightness from an apparent visual magnitude of 7.18 down to 7.91 with a period of 0.178364 days,[2] which lies below the typical threshold of visibility for the naked eye. The distance to this star is approximately 724 light years based on parallax measurements,[1] and it is receding from the Sun with a radial velocity of 25 km/s.[5]

This star was discovered to vary in brightness by B. S. Whitney in 1950, and was classified as a cluster-type Cepheid variable,[9] or RR Lyrae star.[10] In 1955, W. S. Fitch found the light curve to be variable and discovered a beat period of 0.716292 d,[11] from which is inferred a second pulsation period of 0.1428041 days.[12] H. A. Abt found that the stellar class of this star varied from A7–A9 III during peak brightness to F1–F2 III at minimum.[13] After H. J. Smith pointed out the distinctiveness of short period RR Lyrae variables in 1956, VZ Cnc has been grouped under the category of Delta Scuti variables.[14]

The star is located near the center of the instability strip.[12] Both pulsation periods for this star are in the first and second overtone;[15] it appears to lack a fundamental mode, possibly as a result of helium depletion in the outer atmosphere.[12] In 1994, an examination of five decades of data on this star suggested a variation in the period of maximum light with a cycle length of 49.3 years.[16] This could be the result of previously undetected pulsation frequencies.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1, 61 (1): 80–88, Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, S2CID 125853869.
  3. ^ a b c Kahraman Aliçavuş, F.; et al. (October 2017), "High-resolution spectroscopy and abundance analysis of δ Scuti stars near the γ Doradus instability strip", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470 (4): 4408–4420, arXiv:1706.04782, Bibcode:2017MNRAS.470.4408K, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1498.
  4. ^ a b c Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  5. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters, 32 (11): 759–771, arXiv:1606.08053, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, S2CID 119231169.
  6. ^ a b c d Casagrande, L.; et al. (June 2011), "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 530: A138, arXiv:1103.4651, Bibcode:2011A&A...530A.138C, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276, S2CID 56118016.
  7. ^ Fernley, J. A.; et al. (March 1987), "The radii and masses of dwarf cepheids", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 225: 451–468, Bibcode:1987MNRAS.225..451F, doi:10.1093/mnras/225.2.451.
  8. ^ "VZ Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  9. ^ Whitney, Balfour S. (April 1950), "The Cluster-Type Cepheid HD 73857", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 62 (364): 56, Bibcode:1950PASP...62...56W, doi:10.1086/126228.
  10. ^ Joy, A. H.; Wilson, R. E. (April 1950), "The Radial Velocity of HD 73857", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 62 (364): 58, Bibcode:1950PASP...62...58J, doi:10.1086/126229.
  11. ^ Fitch, Walter S. (May 1955), "The Cluster-Type Variable VZ Cancri", Astrophysical Journal, 121: 690, Bibcode:1955ApJ...121..690F, doi:10.1086/146035.
  12. ^ a b c Cox, A. N.; et al. (September 1984), "Observations and a new interpretation for the Delta Scuti variable star VZ Cancri", Astrophysical Journal, 284: 250–256, Bibcode:1984ApJ...284..250C, doi:10.1086/162403.
  13. ^ Abt, Helmut A. (November 1955), "Spectroscopic Observations of the Cluster-Type Variable VZ CANCRI.", Astrophysical Journal, 122: 390, Bibcode:1955ApJ...122..390A, doi:10.1086/146099.
  14. ^ Breger, M. (February 1979), "Delta Scuti and related stars", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 91: 5–26, Bibcode:1979PASP...91....5B, doi:10.1086/130433.
  15. ^ a b Fu, J. -N.; Jiang, S. -Y. (April 1999), "Pulsation of the δ Scuti star VZ Cancri", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 136: 285–292, Bibcode:1999A&AS..136..285F, doi:10.1051/aas:1999214.
  16. ^ Arellano Ferro, A.; Núñez, N. S.; Avila, J. J.; Trejoluna, J. J. (July 1994), "Period variations and duplicity of the δ Scuti star VZ Cancri", Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, 29: 218–218, Bibcode:1994RMxAA..29..218A.

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