Jump to content

EC 20058-5234

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Citation bot (talk | contribs) at 13:15, 8 October 2020 (Alter: title. Add: year, journal. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Objects with variable star designations | via #UCB_Category). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

EC 20058-5234
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Telescopium
Right ascension 20h 09m 40.1s[1]
Declination −52° 25′ 17″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +14.93
Spectral typeDB[1]
Other designations

EC 20058-5234, also known as QU Telescopii, is a star in the constellation Telescopium.[1] A pulsating white dwarf, it belongs to a class of star known as V777 Herculis variables or DBV stars.[2] First noticed in the Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey published in 1992, it was found to be variable in 1995.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "QU Telescopii". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ^ BSJ (11 November 2011). "QU Telescopii". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. ^ Koen, C.; O'Donoghue, D.; Stobie, R. S.; Kilkenny, D.; Ashley, R. (1995). "EC 20058-5234, a low-amplitude pulsating DB white dwarf". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 277 (3): 913–19. Bibcode:1995MNRAS.277..913K. doi:10.1093/mnras/277.3.913.


Stub icon

This variable star–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a white dwarf is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EC_20058-5234&oldid=982487332"