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[vsnet-chat 5945] Re: (fwd) ASAS variables: identifications by Anton Paschke



Re: (fwd) ASAS variables: identifications by Anton Paschke

> >What's the evolutionary status of a subgiant M- type star?
> >I thought that normal stars hadn't had time enough to evolve to that
> >stage due to the age of the universe...
> 
>   Exactly.  I think only a star within a semi-detached binary system
> can be observed on such stage. 
> 
>   The assumption that the transversal velocity of this star is 10 km/s
> would possibly not be real.  If it is 100 km/s, which is commonly
> observed for the halo-origin stars, M_V becomes about +1 (giant).

   Wouldn't this imply that the object is indeed a binary?

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