THE ORIGIN OF BRIGHTNESS VARIATIONS IN BC CYGNI

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  • M. Rohanidazegan Department of Astronomy and Physics, Saint Mary's University Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada, Canada
  • D. G. Turner Department of Astronomy and Physics, Saint Mary's University Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada, Canada
  • E. N. Pastukhova Sternberg Astronomical Institute, 13 Universitetkij Prosp. Moscow 119899, Russia, Russian Federation
  • L. N. Berdnikov Sternberg Astronomical Institute, 13 Universitetkij Prosp. Moscow 119899, Russia, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18524/1810-4215.2005.18.98259

Ключові слова:

stars, variable, other - stars, late-type - stars, individual (BC Cyg).

Анотація

The variability of the type C semi-regular (SRC) M3.5 Ia supergiant variable BC Cyg is examined with reference to measurements of its photographic B magnitude derived from 866 archival plates in the Harvard and Sternberg collections and eye estimates of its visual V magnitude made by members of the AAVSO. The star is the brightest member of the cluster Berkeley 87, so it has a well established reddening, distance, and age. BC Cyg exhibits interesting features in its century-long baseline of brightness variations that relate to pulsation and evolution: an 0m.5 increase in (B) over the past century in conjunction with a decrease in pulsation period from ~ 700d to 687d. Associated colour changes imply that the star is hottest when brightest visually or photographically, coolest when faintest visually or photographically. Despite the increase in (B), the star's luminosity appears to have decreased over the past century, presumably as a result of stellar evolutionary effects.

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2017-04-10

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