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On the Variability of the Central Star of the Planetary Nebula HZ 1–5

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

G. H. Herbig
Affiliation:
Lick Observatory, U.S.A.
A. A. Boyarchuk
Affiliation:
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, U.S.S.R.

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During 1960–67 we have studied the variable star FG Sge=377·1943 Sge, which is located exactly in the centre of an image of the planetary nebula Hz 1–5, as shown on Figure 1. The most significant feature of the central star is the continuous increase of its brightness during the past 70 years, as one can see from Figure 2. During the same time, the temperature of the central star has apparently decreased, although direct information to this effect is available only since 1955. In 1955 the star had spectral type B4, while by 1967 it had become A5. The observational data can be explained by the continuous ejection of gas from the central star, which began at the end of the preceding century. The central star at that time must have had T≈63 300°K and Mpg≈ + 1·3, on this model.

Type
Session VI – Origin and Evolution
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968