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Rapid spectroscopic and photometric variability in the Be star Alpha Eridani
Symposium - International Astronomical Union1994Vol. 162, pp. 106–107
N. V. Leister, E. Janot-Pacheco, M. T. C. Buck, Mafalda Dias, A. M. Hubert, Henri Hubert, M. Floquet, Danielle Briot
Abstract
We present here a preliminary report on the analysis of simultaneous photometric and spectroscopic observations of the Be star α Eri , taken during 1992 at the Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica. α Eri (Archenar, HR472, HD10144, B3–4 III-IV) is the brightest Be star in the sky. It shows activity cycles in a time scale of a few years. Balona et al. (1987) presented a comprehensive study of the star based on photometric and spectroscopic observations. They found a periodicity of 1.26 days in both radial velocity and light variations and argued that a spotted star rotating at this period is the simplest working model that explains the observations.