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A search for previously unrecognized metal-poor subdwarfs in the Hipparcos astrometric catalogue
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This the second paper in a series on large-amplitude delta Scuti starsintended to determine Baade-Wesselink radii and luminosities withprecision. The first paper discussed our method of analysis and itsapplication to EH Librae; in this paper we discuss the observations andanalysis of DY Herculis. Optical and infrared photometry andcross-correlated radial-velocity data have been obtained and analyzed.Fourier representations for the UBVRIJHK light curves and for theradial-velocity curves were used to derive a value for the minimumradius for each of 60 combinations of flux and color index. From thesewe adopt a mean value for the minimum radius of Rmin = 2.77+/- 0.20 solar radii. When combined with effective temperatures fromBerger et al. (1978), we find a mean bolometric luminosity ofLb = 21.70 solar luminosity and a mean absolute magnitude ofmean value of mB = 1.41. The radial excursion is 0.149 solarradii. We use the same procedure to improve our results for EH Librae,deriving Rmin for each of 42 combinations of flux and colorindex, and obtain mean values of Rmin = 2.62 +/- 0.19 solarradii, LB = 24.56 solar luminosity and (mean value ofMB) = 1.27.
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| Constellation: | Hercule |
| Right ascension: | 16h32m39.42s |
| Declination: | +11°53'15.4" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.892 |
| Distance: | 98.717 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -33.9 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 21.1 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.37 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.932 |
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