Bibcode
Oreiro, R.; Ulla, A.; Pérez Hernández, F.; Østensen, R.; Rodríguez López, C.; MacDonald, J.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.418, p.243-247 (2004)
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Description
We report the discovery of pulsations in the light curve of
Balloon 090100001, a bright sdB star (B=11.8) from
the balloon-borne survey of Bixler et al. (1991). Our time series
observations made with the IAC80 telescope reveal a powerful short
period oscillation with a period of 356 s and an amplitude (˜59
mmag) only matched in all of the sdB pulsators by the main pulsation of
PG 1605+072. The first harmonic (at 178 s) and
another independent period (at 264 s) are also present in the amplitude
spectrum of this new EC 14026 star. New spectroscopic data from the
William Herschel Telescope provide the parameters Teff=29 446
± 500 K and log g = 5.33 ± 0.10 dex. These place
Balloon 090100001 in the low temperature and low
gravity corner of the sdBV instability region, making it an interesting
target for study of possible frequency changes due to stellar evolution.
Based on observations made with the IAC80 telescope operated in the
Spanish Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife) and in the William Herschel
Telescope (WHT) operated in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de Los
Muchachos (La Palma island).