HD 49798

HD 49798 is a binary star in the constellation Puppis about 650 parsecs from Earth. It has an apparent magnitude of 8.3.

HD 49798
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 06h 48m 04.69996s[1]
Declination 44° 18 58.4377[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.287[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type sdO6p
U−B color index 1.259[2]
B−V color index 0.270[2]
Variable type HMXB[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)12.10[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 4.73[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 5.39[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.20 ± 0.50 mas[1]
Distance650[3] pc
Orbit[3]
Period (P)1.55 days
Eccentricity (e)0.0
Inclination (i)82°
Details
sdO5.5[5]
Mass1.50[3] M
Radius1.45[6] R
Luminosity3,943[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.25[6] cgs
Temperature47,500[6] K
WD
Mass1.28[3] M
Radius1600[7] km
Temperature225000[7] K
Other designations
HD 49798, CD-44°2920, SAO 218207, HIP 32602, AAVSO 0645-44
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 49798 was discovered in 1964 to be a rare hydrogen-deficient O class subdwarf.[8] This was identified as a binary star, but the companion could not be detected visually or spectroscopically.[9]

The X-ray source RX J0648.0-4418 was discovered close to HD 49798's location in the sky. Only the space telescope XMM-Newton was able to identify the source. It is a white dwarf with about 1.3 solar masses, in orbit about HD 49798 and rotating once every 13 seconds.[10] This system is considered a likely candidate to explode as a type Ia supernova within a few thousand years.[11][12]

References

  1. Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. S2CID 18759600.
  2. Landolt, Arlo U.; Uomoto, Alan K. (2007). "Optical Multicolor Photometry of Spectrophotometric Standard Stars". The Astronomical Journal. 133 (3): 768–790. arXiv:0704.3030. Bibcode:2007AJ....133..768L. doi:10.1086/510485.
  3. Mereghetti, S.; La Palombara, N.; Tiengo, A.; Sartore, N.; Esposito, P.; Israel, G. L.; Stella, L. (2013). "X-ray emission from the luminous O-type subdwarf HD 49798 and its compact companion". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 553: A46. arXiv:1304.1653. Bibcode:2013A&A...553A..46M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321271. S2CID 56402049.
  4. Pourbaix, D.; Tokovinin, A. A.; Batten, A. H.; Fekel, F. C.; Hartkopf, W. I.; Levato, H.; Morrell, N. I.; Torres, G.; Udry, S. (2004). "SB9: The ninth catalogue of spectroscopic binary orbits". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 424 (2): 727–732. arXiv:astro-ph/0406573. Bibcode:2004A&A...424..727P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213. S2CID 119387088.
  5. Mereghetti, S.; Tiengo, A.; Esposito, P.; La Palombara, N.; Israel, G. L.; Stella, L. (2009). "An Ultramassive, Fast-Spinning White Dwarf in a Peculiar Binary System". Science. 325 (5945): 1222–1223. arXiv:1003.0997. Bibcode:2009Sci...325.1222M. doi:10.1126/science.1176252. PMID 19729650. S2CID 206521141.
  6. Kudritzki, R. P.; Simon, K. P. (1978). "Non-LTE analysis of subluminous O-star. The hydrogen-deficient subdwarf O-binary HD 49798". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 70: 653. Bibcode:1978A&A....70..653K.
  7. New X-ray observations of the hot subdwarf binary HD 49798/RX J0648.0–4418, 2021, arXiv:3104.03867
  8. Jaschek, Mercedes; Jaschek, Carlos (1963). "HD 49798, a New O-Type Subdwarf". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 75 (445): 365. Bibcode:1963PASP...75..365J. doi:10.1086/127968.
  9. Thackeray, A. D. (1970). "The spectroscopic orbit of the O-type subdwarf HD 49798". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 150 (2): 215–225. Bibcode:1970MNRAS.150..215T. doi:10.1093/mnras/150.2.215.
  10. Bisscheroux, B. C.; Pols, O. R.; Kahabka, P.; Belloni, T.; Van Den Heuvel, E. P. J. (1997). "The nature of the bright subdwarf HD 49798 and its X-ray pulsating companion". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 317: 815. Bibcode:1997A&A...317..815B.
  11. Wang, Bo; Han, Zhanwen (2012). "Progenitors of type Ia supernovae". New Astronomy Reviews. 56 (4): 122. arXiv:1204.1155. Bibcode:2012NewAR..56..122W. doi:10.1016/j.newar.2012.04.001. S2CID 118740933.
  12. Liu, Dong-Dong; Zhou, Wei-Hong; Wu, Cheng-Yuan; Wang, Bo (2015). "Is the X-ray pulsating companion of HD 49798 a possible type Ia supernova progenitor?". Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 15 (11): 1813. arXiv:1504.01461. Bibcode:2015RAA....15.1813L. doi:10.1088/1674-4527/15/11/004. S2CID 118683249.
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