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NSVS 15314262 - A new ACV variable
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by Ivan Adamin in July-August 2013 (#1)

A new fairly bright ACV variable star has been discovered by Alexandr Ditkovsky recently. With the median nearly 10.42m, it is the sixth-brightest ACV variable in the constellation of Canis Major.

NSVS 15314262 (ACV)
AAVSO UID:000-BKV-399
Constellation:Canis Major
J2000.0:07 15 31.92 -15 05 20.5
Mag. range:10.38 - 10.47 V
Epoch:HJD 2453077.00 (12 Mar 2004)
Period:63.29 days

Preliminarily, ASAS-3 data shows the magnitude range of 10.37-10.47m with a period of 63.29 days. Due to peculiar physical properties of these variables one can see a very distinctive light curve with a bump. Available photometric data is quite clear with reasonable error value and covers full cycle many times, so the folded curve is complete and reliable at 63.29 days period.

It is believed the powerful magnetic field of an α2 CVn star gives rise to different compositions and brightness at different parts of the stellar surface. ACV is a type of rotating variable, also known as a spectrum peculiar A variable (Ap). Their magnetic activity was revealed in 1946, when Horace Babcock discovered a strong magnetic field in the Ap star 78 Virginis. Unlike the Sun, which magnetic field is produced by a dynamo effect in the convective outer layers of the star, in sun-spots area, Ap stars are mostly modeled using strong dipole magnetic field.


NSVS 15314262. Folded light curve. M = HJD 2453077.0 + 63.29 * E
by Alexandr Ditkovsky (VS-COMPAS)

Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum (ACV) variables

Currently there are more than 500 known ACV variables in the VSX database. Most of them are brighter than 10.5m.

According to GCVS classification, ACVs are main-sequence stars with spectral types B8p-A7p and displaying strong magnetic fields. Spectra show abnormally strong lines of Si, Sr, Cr, and rare earths whose intensities vary with rotation.

ACVs exhibit magnetic field and brightness changes, periods of 0.5-160 days or more. The amplitudes of the brightness changes are usually within 0.01-0.1 mag in V. The type-star which this class is named after is ?? Canum Venaticorum, its brightness fluctuates by 0.14m with a period of 5.47 days.

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