Light Variations of the Anomalous Central Star of Planetary Nebula Sh 2-71

2005/10/21 by Zdeněk Mikulášek, Zdenek Mikulasek, Augustin Skopal +17 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0510649

3 pages, 3 figures; ; to appear in the proceedings of Active OB-Stars: Laboratories for Stellar & Circumstellar Physics, S. Stefl, S. Owocki and A. Okazaki eds

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Abstract

We present an analysis of light variations in UBVRI of the anomalous object in the center of planetary nebula Sh 2-71. We refined the linear ephemeris of the light maxima to JDmax = 2449862.0 + 68.101 (E-96), but also identified long-term, obviously non-periodic variations. The latter manifest themselves in large O-C shifts, a variable profile of light curves (hereafter LC) and changes in the mean brightness of the object. Our spectroscopic observations suggested the presence of a superdense nebula in the center of Sh 2-71.

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