Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Physical Sciences
Document Type
Poster
Publication/Presentation Date
2017
Abstract/Description
PG 1219 + 534 (KY Uma) is a subdwarf B pulsating star with multiple periodicities between 120 – 175 s. PG 1219 + 534 was monitored for 90 hours during 2010-1 and 2016 using the 0.9 m SARA-KP telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) in Arizona and the 0.8m Ortega telescope at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. So far, the most promising theory for the origin of subdwarf B (sdB) stars is that they result from binary mass transfer near the Helium Flash stage of evolution. The observations of PG 1219 + 534 reported here are part of our program to constrain this evolutional theory by searching for companions and determining orbital separations around sdB pulsators using the Observed-minus-Calculated (O-C) method. A star’s position in space will wobble due to the gravitational forces of any companion or planet. If the star emits periodic signal like pulsations, its orbital motion around the system’s center of mass causes periodic changes in the light pulse arrival times. In this poster, we present our time-series photometry and O-C analysis of this data.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
American Astronomical Society
Grant or Award Name
National Science Foundation AST-1358787; PHY-1358879
Scholarly Commons Citation
Otani, T., Oswalt, T., Stone-Martinez, A., Singh, D., Sampson, K., Khan, A., Seepersad, A., DeAbreu, C., Moss, A., & Morello, C. (2017). O-C Analysis of the Pulsating Subdwarf B Star PG 1219 + 534. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/1052
