Asteroseismological Observations of the Central Star of the Planetary Nebula NGC 1501
Asteroseismological Observations of the Central Star of the Planetary Nebula NGC 1501
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10.1086/118214
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1996-09
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H. Bond;S. Kawaler;R. Ciardullo;R. Stover;T. Kuroda;T. Ishida;T. Ono;S. Tamura;H. Malasan;A. Yamasaki;O. Hashimoto;E. Kambe;M. Takeuti;T. Kato;M. Kato;J.-S. Chen;E. Leibowitz;M. Roth;T. Soffner;W.Mitsch
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H. Bond;S. Kawaler;R. Ciardullo;R. Stover;T. Kuroda;T. Ishida;T. Ono;S. Tamura;H. Malasan;A. Yamasaki;O. Hashimoto;E. Kambe;M. Takeuti;T. Kato;M. Kato;J.-S. Chen;E. Leibowitz;M. Roth;T. Soffner;W.Mitsch
We report on a global CCD time-series photometric campaign to decode the pulsations of the nucleus of the planetary nebula NGC1501. The star is hot and hydrogen-deficient, similar to the pre-white-dwarf PG 1159 stars. NGC1501 shows pulsational brightness variations of a few percent with periods ranging from 19 to 87 minutes. The variations are very complex, suggesting a pulsation spectrum that requires a long unbroken time series to resolve. Our CCD photometry of the star covers a two-week period in 1991 November, and used a global network of observatories. We obtained nearly continuous coverage over an interval of one week in the middle of the run. We have identified 10 pulsation periods, ranging from 5235 s down to 1154 s. We find strong evidence that the modes are indeed nonradial g-modes. The ratios of the frequencies of the largest-amplitude modes agree with those expected for modes that are trapped by a density discontinuity in the outer layers. We offer a model for the pulsation spectrum that includes a common period spacing of 22.3 s and a rotation period of 1.17 days; the period spacing allows us to assign a seismological mass of 0.55+/-0.03 Msun.