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The PDS 110 observing campaign - photometric and spectroscopic observations reveal eclipses are aperiodic


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PDS 110 is a young disc-hosting star in the Orion OB1A association. Two dimming events of similar depth and duration were seen in 2008 (WASP) and 2011 (KELT), consistent with an object in a closed periodic orbit. In this paper, we present data from a ground-based observing campaign designed to measure the star both photometrically and spectroscopically during the time of predicted eclipse in 2017 September. Despite high-quality photometry, the predicted eclipse did not occur, although coherent structure is present suggesting variable amounts of stellar flux or dust obscuration. We also searched for radial velocity (RV) oscillations caused by any hypothetical companion and can rule out close binaries to 0.1Ms. A search of Sonneberg plate archive data also enabled us to extend the photometric baseline of this star back more than 50 yr, and similarly does not re-detect any deep eclipses. Taken together, they suggest that the eclipses seen in WASP and KELT photometry were due to aperiodic events. It would seem that PDS 110 undergoes stochastic dimmings that are shallower and of shorter duration than those of UX Ori variables, but may have a similar mechanism.

Aix Marseille Université CNRS LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) UMR 7326

Leiden Observatory Leiden University, PO Box 9513

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St

Department of Physics University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road

Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road

Las Cumbres Observatory, 6740 Cortona Drive

School of Physical Sciences Centre for Astrophysics and Relativity Dublin City University

Sonneberg Observatory, Sternwarte str 32

UNESP Sã Paulo State University Grupo de Dinâmica Orbital e Plane-tologia

Acton Sky Portal (Private observatory)

Astronomical Observatory Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche della Terra e dell'Ambiente University of Siena

Department of Physics and Astronomy Leicester Institute of Space and Earth Observation University of Leicester

Centre for Advanced Instrumentation Department of Physics University of Durham, South Road

Department of Astronomy Stockholm University Alba Nova University Center

Department of Physics Astronomy University of Sheffield

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205

AstroLAB IRIS, Verbrandemolenstraat 5

Astrophysics Group Keele University

UCL Observatory (UCLO), 553 Watford Way

Department of Physics and Astronomy University College London, Gower St

Astrophysics Group Cavendish Laboratory, J.J. Thomson Avenue

Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde (VVS)

Montsec Astronomical Observatory (OAdM) Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)

Physics Astronomy York University

American Association of Variable Star Observers, 49 Bay State Road

Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16

Department of Physics University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1

Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17

INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Turin, Via Osservatorio 20

Faculty of Medicine Medical University of Bialystok

Department of Physics and Astronomy Shumen University

Arkansas Tech University, 1701 N. Boulder Ave.

SUPA School of Physics Astronomy, North Haugh

Institute of Planetary Research German Aerospace Center, Rutherfordstr. 2

Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope (PEST)

Astrophysics Research Centre Queen's University Belfast

UNESP Sã Paulo State University Grupo de Dinâmica Orbital e Plane-tologia

Document Type Journal article
Language English
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