15 Andromedae

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15 Andromedae
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A light curve for V340 Andromedae, plotted from TESS data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Andromeda
Right ascension 23h 34m 37.53652s [2]
Declination +40° 14′ 11.1795″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.55 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1 III, [4] A1 Va, [5] or kA1hA3mA0.5 Va+. [6]
U−B color index 0.08
B−V color index 0.096±0.005 [3]
Variable type δ Sct [7]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)13.1±0.6 [3]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: -18.165  mas/yr
Dec.: −46.183 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.9406 ± 0.0973  mas [2]
Distance 252 ± 2  ly
(77.3 ± 0.6  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)+1.16±0.16 [8]
Details [4]
Mass 2.7  M☉
Luminosity 27  L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.90±0.03 [8]   cgs
Temperature 9,225  K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)105 [8]  km/s
Age 130  Myr
Other designations
15 And, V340 And, BD+39° 5114, FK5  1616, HD  221756, HIP  116354, HR  8947, SAO  73346, PPM  64401 [9]
Database references
SIMBAD data

15 Andromedae, abbreviated 15 And, is a single, [10] variable star [7] in the northern constellation of Andromeda. 15 Andromedae is the Flamsteed designation, while its variable star designation is V340 And. [9] Its apparent visual magnitude is 5.55, [3] which indicates it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Its estimated distance from the Earth is 252 light years, and it is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 13 km/s. [3]

Rufener and Bartholdi (1982) included the star (under the name HD 221756) in their list of 333 variable, microvariable and suspected variable stars, based on multicolor photometry performed at several observatories in the 1960s and 1970s. However they were unable to conclusively demonstrate that the star's brightness varied. [11] Proof of variability, along with a light curve and period estimate of 63 minutes, was published by Paunzen and Handler in 1996. [12] The star was given its variable star designation, V340 Andromedae, in 1997. [13]

Depending on the source, this star has been classified as a giant star with a stellar classification of A1 III, [4] an A-type main-sequence star with a class of A1 Va, [5] or a Lambda Boötis star with a class of kA1hA3mA0.5 Va+. [6] It is a Delta Scuti variable that changes in brightness by 0.03 magnitude. [7] Two variability cycles, with periods 0.0403 and 0.0449 days, have been observed, a common feature for Lambda Boötis stars. [14] The star is around 130 [4]  million years old and has a high rotation rate, showing a projected rotational velocity of 105 km/s. [8] It has 2.7 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 27 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,225 K. [4]

This system has an excess emission of infrared radiation that suggests the presence of an orbiting disk of dust at a distance of around 50  AU from the host star. [4]

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