1998AJ....116..936K


Query : 1998AJ....116..936K

1998AJ....116..936K - Astron. J., 116, 936-940 (1998/August-0)

Polaris revisited.

KAMPER K.W. and FERNIE J.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report 212 radial velocity measures of Polaris obtained during 1994-1997 and use these to rediscuss Polaris's changing pulsational amplitude and rate of period change during the 20th century. In the course of this work we discovered a serious error in an earlier paper, which led to our finding too steep a decline in amplitude in recent decades. We correct this error and no longer predict a cessation of pulsation in the 1990s. In fact, the new, more precise radial velocities suggest that the decrease in amplitude has abruptly stopped and that the peak-to-peak amplitude is holding steady at about 1.6 km.s–1, or 0.03 mag in V. The period, however, continues to change.

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Journal keyword(s): {em words:} binaries: spectroscopic - Stars: Variables: Cepheids - Stars: Individual: Name: Polaris

Simbad objects: 2

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Number of rows : 2
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 * alf UMi cC* 02 31 49.09456 +89 15 50.7923 3.00 2.62 2.02 1.53 1.22 F8Ib 716 2
2 * omi Aql PM* 19 51 01.6436960928 +10 24 56.592457524   5.66   4.8   F8V 481 0

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