UV Piscium

UV Piscium

A light curve for UV Piscium plotted from TESS data[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 16m 55.119s[2]
Declination +06° 48′ 42.13″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.98[3]
Characteristics
Primary
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type G5V[4]
B−V color index 0.65±0.02[4]
Variable type Detached Algol + RS CVn[5]
Secondary
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type K3V[4]
B−V color index 1.04±0.07[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)6.45±0.40[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +85.250 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: +20.946 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)14.0593 ± 0.0236 mas[2]
Distance232.0 ± 0.4 ly
(71.1 ± 0.1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)4.48±0.05[4]
Orbit[7]
Period (P)0.86104716 d
Eccentricity (e)0.0 (assumed)
Inclination (i)88.9±2.0[4]°
Periastron epoch (T)2,448,897.4226±0.0003 HJD
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		117.20±0.18 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)		154.81±0.37 km/s
Details[7]
Primary
Mass1.0225±0.0058 M☉
Radius1.096 R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.340±0.018 cgs
Temperature5,780±100 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.025±0.066[8] dex
Rotation0.86 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)71.01+0.37
−0.36 km/s
Age4.7 Gyr
Secondary
Mass0.7741±0.0034 M☉
Radius0.829 R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.478±0.019 cgs
Temperature4,750±80 K
Rotation0.86 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)51.66+1.25
−1.20 km/s
Other designations
UV Psc, BD+06°189, HD 7700, HIP 5980, SAO 109778[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

UV Piscium is a binary star system in the constellation of Pisces. With a peak apparent visual magnitude of 8.98,[3] it is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. This is an eclipsing binary system that decreases to magnitude 10.05 during the primary eclipse, then to magnitude 9.54 with the secondary eclipse. It is located at a distance of 232 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements,[2] and is receding with a radial velocity of 6.5 km/s.[6] The position of this star near the ecliptic means it is subject to lunar occultation.[10]

This star was found to be variable by H. Huth in 1959.[11] He determined it to be an eclipsing binary and published the first light curve with a period of 20.67 hours. R. B. Carr in 1969 proposed this to be an Algol-type variable with a minor tidal distortion of the components, plus a large, anomalous asymmetry in the light curve.[12] D. S. Hall in 1976 grouped it among the class of short-period RS CVn binaries.[13] The following year, variable, non-thermal radio emission was detected coming from this system, the first such discovered for a short-period binary.[14]

Daniel M. Popper in 1969 found a double-lined, G-type spectrum with both components showing emission in the H and K lines.[15] In 1979, A. R. Sadik deduced the system is a detached binary and suggested a bright, hot spot may produce the observed asymmetry in the light curve. He found stellar classifications of G2V and K0IV for the primary and secondary components, respectively.[12] With improved spectra, Popper found main sequence classes of G5 and K3 for the two stars.[4] The presence of a prominence was deduced in 1992, and a flare of hydrogen alpha was observed the following year.[16]

This is a close binary system with an orbital period of 0.86 days. The orbit is circular and the components are spinning rapidly in-sync with their orbital period. This rotation rate is making both stars magnetically active, with average magnetic field strengths of 137 G and 88 G for the primary and secondary, respectively. Magnetic activity cycles appear to be causing the orbital period to oscillate with a 61 year period.[17] The primary is a G-type main-sequence star of about the same size and mass as the Sun, while the secondary is a smaller K-type main-sequence star. They are estimated to be about 4.6 billion years old.[7]

References

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  7. ^ a b c Hahlin, A.; et al. (June 2021), "Magnetic field of the eclipsing binary UV Piscium", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 650: 17, arXiv:2105.02542, Bibcode:2021A&A...650A.197H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202140832, S2CID 233864794, A197.
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  9. ^ "UV Psc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  10. ^ Herr, Richard B. (April 1969), "Identification List of Spectroscopic and Eclipsing Binaries Subject to Occultations by the Moon", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 81 (479): 105, Bibcode:1969PASP...81..105H, doi:10.1086/128748, S2CID 123513287.
  11. ^ Huth, H. (1959), Mitteilungen über Veränderliche Sterne, 424.
  12. ^ a b Sadik, A. R. (July 1979), "Light and Colour Curve Observations and Analysis of the Short Period Eclipsing Binary System UV Psc", Astrophysics and Space Science, 63 (2): 319–349, Bibcode:1979Ap&SS..63..319S, doi:10.1007/BF00638905, S2CID 122684321.
  13. ^ Hall, D. S. (1976), Fitch, W. S. (ed.), "The RS CVN Binaries and Binaries with Similar Properties", Multiple Periodic Variable Stars, Proceedings of IAU Colloq. 29, held in Budapest, Hungary, 1–5 September 1975, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol. 60, D. Reidel Publishers, p. 287, Bibcode:1976ASSL...60..287H, doi:10.1007/978-94-010-1175-4_15, ISBN 978-94-010-1177-8, S2CID 120775716.
  14. ^ Spangler, S. R.; et al. (December 1977), "Radio survey of close binary stars", Astronomical Journal, 82: 989–997, Bibcode:1977AJ.....82..989S, doi:10.1086/112161.
  15. ^ Popper, Daniel M. (June 1969), "Twelve Eclipsing Binaries with Double-Lined Spectra", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 1: 257, Bibcode:1969BAAS....1R.257P.
  16. ^ Liu, Quingyao; et al. (April 1996), "A H-alpha Flare on UV Piscium", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 4326: 1, Bibcode:1996IBVS.4326....1L.
  17. ^ Qian, Shengbang; et al. (1999), "Orbital period studies of the RS CVn-type binaries. II. UV Piscium", Astrophysics and Space Science, 266 (4): 529–538, Bibcode:1999Ap&SS.266..529Q, doi:10.1023/A:1002030722350.

Further reading

  • Kjurkchieva, Diana P.; et al. (February 2005), "Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of the Short-Period RS CVn-Type Star UV Piscium", The Astronomical Journal, 129 (2): 1084–1095, Bibcode:2005AJ....129.1084K, doi:10.1086/427396, S2CID 123212551.
  • Lastennet, E.; et al. (October 2003), "Disentangling discrepancies between stellar evolution theory and sub-solar mass stars. The influence of the mixing length parameter for the UV Psc binary", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 409: 611–618, arXiv:astro-ph/0307360, Bibcode:2003A&A...409..611L, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031114, S2CID 14412880.
  • Vivekananda Rao, P.; Radhika, P. (2002), "Long-Term Study of the Starspot Activity on the Eclipsing Short-Period RS Canum Venaticorum Star UV Piscium", Astrophysics and Space Science, 282 (1): 103–120, Bibcode:2002Ap&SS.282..103V, doi:10.1023/A:1021194218533, S2CID 118805992.
  • Sowell, James R.; et al. (October 2001), "Period Changes in Four Short-Period Spotted Binaries: UV Piscium, YY Geminorum, CG Cygni, and XY Ursae Majoris", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (4): 1965–1973, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.1965S, doi:10.1086/323091, S2CID 121917917.
  • Radhika, P.; Vivekananda Rao, P. (September 2001), "Long-term study of the starspot activity on the eclipsing short-period RS Canum Venaticorum binary UV Piscium", Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 29: 317–322, Bibcode:2001BASI...29..317R.
  • Qian, S. B. (2001), Brekke, Pål; et al. (eds.), "Possible Magnetic Activity Cycles of Four Chromospherically Active Binaries: ER Vul, UV Psc, AR Lac and BH Vir", Recent Insights into the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere: Highlights from SOHO and Other Space Missions, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 203, vol. 203, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 437, Bibcode:2001IAUS..203..437Q, ISBN 1-58381-069-2.
  • Hughes, S. B.; et al. (December 2000), "An Investigation of Period Changes for Four RS CVn Stars: UV Psc, YY Gem, CG Cyg, and XY UMa", American Astronomical Society, 197th AAS Meeting, id.46.17; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 32, p. 1479, Bibcode:2000AAS...197.4617H.
  • Heckert, Paul A. (November 1999), "1998 Photometry of UV Piscium", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 4806: 1, Bibcode:1999IBVS.4806....1H.
  • Frederik, Marina C.; Etzel, Paul B. (May 1996), "A Photometric Analysis and SPOT Model of the Detached Eclipsing Binary UV Leonis", Astronomical Journal, 111: 2081, Bibcode:1996AJ....111.2081F, doi:10.1086/117944.
  • Jassur, D. M. Z.; Kermani, M. H. (September 1994), "1992 UBV Observations of UV PISCIUM and Light Curve Analysis", Astrophysics and Space Science, 219 (1): 35–47, Bibcode:1994Ap&SS.219...35J, doi:10.1007/BF00657858, S2CID 123087898.
  • Jassur, D. M. Z.; Kermani, M. H. (June 1993), "UBV Photoelectric Observations of UV Piscium", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 3896: 1, Bibcode:1993IBVS.3896....1J.
  • Popper, Daniel M. (August 1991), "Orbits of Close Binaries With CA II H and K in Emission. V. the Main-Sequence System UV Piscium", Astronomical Journal, 102: 699, Bibcode:1991AJ....102..699P, doi:10.1086/115904.
  • Han, Won-Yong; Kim, Tu-Hwan (August 1988), "A Photometric Study of UV Piscium", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 100: 964, Bibcode:1988PASP..100..964H, doi:10.1086/132258, S2CID 121457938.
  • Akan, M. Can (April 1988), "Two-colour photoelectric photometry of UV PISCIUM and Fourier analysis of its out-of-eclipse light variations", Astrophysics and Space Science, 143 (2): 367–376, Bibcode:1988Ap&SS.143..367A, doi:10.1007/BF00637148, S2CID 189850621.
  • Ibanoglu, C. (December 1987), "The light curve variations in UV Piscium", Astrophysics and Space Science, 139 (1): 139–147, Bibcode:1987Ap&SS.139..139I, doi:10.1007/BF00643819, S2CID 122074474.
  • Busso, M.; et al. (September 1987), "A search for non-stellar contributions to the optical and near-IR flux of RS CVn binaries. I. The cases of TY Pyx, UV Psc, RU CNC and VV Mon", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 183: 83–90, Bibcode:1987A&A...183...83B.
  • Keskin, V.; et al. (August 1987), "The 1986 Light Curves of UV Piscium", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 3060: 1, Bibcode:1987IBVS.3060....1K.
  • Antonopoulou, E. (July 1987), "Infrared Photometry of UV-Piscium", Astrophysics and Space Science, 135 (2): 335–345, Bibcode:1987Ap&SS.135..335A, doi:10.1007/BF00641569, S2CID 120278242.
  • Busso, M.; et al. (February 1986), "Differential rotation and activity cycles in RS CVn binaries. III. UV Piscium and UX Arietis", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 156: 106–110, Bibcode:1986A&A...156..106B.
  • Barden, S. C. (March 1984), "The Hα Nature of the Short Period RS CVn Systems HD86590, σ2Cr B, ER Vul and UV Psc", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 16: 473, Bibcode:1984BAAS...16..473B.
  • Vivekananda Rao, P.; Sarma, B. K. (February 1984), Hidayat, Bambang; et al. (eds.), "Photometry of the RS-Canum Type Eclipsing Binary UV-Piscium", Double Stars, Physical Properties and Generic Relations. Proceedings of IAU Colloquium No. 80, held at Lembang, Java, June 3–7, 1983, vol. 99, no. 1–2, Dordrecht, Holland; Boston: D. Reidel Publishing Company, p. 239, Bibcode:1984Ap&SS..99..239V, doi:10.1007/BF00650248, S2CID 189849102.
  • Rao, P. V.; Sarma, M. B. K. (September 1983), "The distortion wave on the light curve of the RS CVn binary UV Piscium.", Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 4 (3): 161–169, Bibcode:1983JApA....4..161R, doi:10.1007/BF02714902, S2CID 120045877.
  • Antonopoulou, E. (September 1983), "Infrared photometry of the RS CVn binaries. III. JHK light curves of UV Psc", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 53: 347–349, Bibcode:1983A&AS...53..347A.
  • Zeilik, M.; et al. (February 1982), "1981 UBVR Photometry of UV Psc", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 2089: 1, Bibcode:1982IBVS.2089....1Z.
  • Aslan, Z. (December 1978), "Photoelectric Times of Minima and the Period of UV Psc", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 1511: 1, Bibcode:1978IBVS.1511....1A.
  • Al-Naimiy, H.; et al. (April 1978), "Observations of UV Psc and XY Cet", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 1415: 1, Bibcode:1978IBVS.1415....1A.
  • Sadik, A. R. (January 1978), "UV Psc – a Short Period RS CVn Star", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 1381: 1, Bibcode:1978IBVS.1381....1S.