Ross 548

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Ross 548
File:ZZCetLightCurve.png
A light curve for ZZ Ceti, adapted from Stover et al. (1980)[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Cetus
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Declination Template:DEC[2]
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Characteristics
Evolutionary stage White dwarf
Spectral type DA4.0[4]
U−B Template:Engvar −0.5[5]
B−V Template:Engvar 0.2[5]
Variable type ZZ Cet (DAV)[5]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: +460.845[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −116.448[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)30.5249±0.0546 mas[2]
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Details[6]
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Other designations
ZZ Cet, EGGR 10, G 271-106, G 272-52, LTT 873, NLTT 5358, WD 0133-116[7]
Database references
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Ross 548 is a white dwarf in the equatorial constellation of Cetus.[7] With a mean apparent visual magnitude of 14.2[3] it is much too faint to be visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 107 light years from the Sun.[2] It was found to be variable in 1970[8] and in 1972 it was given the variable star designation ZZ Ceti.[9] This is a pulsating white dwarf of the DAV type that is the prototype of the ZZ Ceti variable class.[10], pp. 891, 895.[3]

This DA-class white dwarf is the surviving core of a red giant star that ceased nuclear fusion while shedding its outer envelope. It has a (presumably) homogeneous core of carbon and oxygen, a relatively thin outer envelope of hydrogen, and a helium mantle. The object has 65% of the mass of the Sun, with 1.2% of the Sun's radius. It is radiating 0.3% of the luminosity of the Sun at an effective temperature of 12,281 K. Ross 548 is spinning with a period of ~38 hours.[6] The dominant pulsation mode of this object has a period of 213.1326 seconds. It has up to 11 known pulsation modes in total.[3]

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