Spectral variability of the peculiar A-type supergiant 3Pup

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2010-05-18

arxiv.org/abs/1005.3098v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

30 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables

Scientific paper

10.1134/S1990341310020057

Optical spectra of the peculiar supergiant 3Pup taken in 1997-2008 are used to analyze the spectral peculiarities and velocity field in its atmosphere. The profiles of strong FeII lines and of the lines of other iron-group ions have a specific shape: the wings are raised by emissions, whereas the core is sharpened by a depression. The latter feature becomes more pronounced with the increasing line strength, and the increasing wavelength. Line profiles are variable: the magnitude and sign of the absorption asymmetry, and the blue-to-red emission intensity ratios vary from one spectrum to another. The temporal Vr variations are minimal for the forbidden emissions and sharp shell cores of the absorption features of FeII(42), and other strong lines of iron-group ions. The average velocity for the above lines can be adopted as the systemic velocity: Vsys=28.5+/-0.5km/s. The weakest photospheric absorptions and photospheric MgII, SiII absorptions exhibit well-defined day-to-day velocity variations of up to 7km/s. Quantitative spectral classification yields the spectral type of A2.7+/-0.3 Ib. The equivalent widths and profiles of Hdelta and Hgamma, and the equivalent width of the OI7774A triplet yield an absolute magnitude estimate of Mv=-5.5+/-0.3mag, implying the heliocentric distance of 0.7kpc.

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