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Detection of a white dwarf companion to the Hyades stars HD 27483We observed with IUE a white dwarf (WD) companion to the Hyades F6 V binary stars HD 27483. This system is known to be a close binary of two nearly equal stars with an orbital period of 3.05 days. Our IUE observations revealed the presence of a third star, a white dwarf with an effective temperature of 23,000 +/- 1000 K and a mass of approximately 0.6 solar mass. Its presence in the Hyades cluster with a known age permits me to derive the mass of its progenitor, which must have been about 2.3 solar masses. The presence of the white dwarf in a binary system opens the possibility that some of the envelope material, which was expelled by the WD progenitor, may have been collected by the F6 stars. We may thus be able to study abundance anomalies of the WD progenitor with known mass on the surface of the F6 companions.
Document ID
19930071638
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Boehm-Vitense, Erika
(Washington Univ. Seattle, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Journal
Volume: 106
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0004-6256
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A55635
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-5398
Distribution Limits
Public
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