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Magnetic activity in the young solar analog AB Dor. Active longitudes and cycles from long-term photometry.
We analyse photometric observations of the young active dwarf AB Dor,spanning more than 20 years. Similar to the young solar analog LQ Hya,AB Dor shows long-lived, nonaxisymmetric spot distribution- activelongitudes in opposite hemispheres. The active longitudes migratenonlinearly in the fixed reference frame, because of the differentialrotation and changes of the mean spot latitudes. At least two activitycycles are found in the data. One cycle originates from repeatingswitches of the activity between the two active longitudes in about(2-3)-year intervals. This results in the flip-flop cycle of about 5.5years, which includes two consecutive switches. The 5.5-yr cycle alsomodulates variations of the minimum stellar brightness and thepeak-to-peak amplitude, that suggests a periodic redistribution of thespot area between the opposite longitudes and supports the reality ofthe flip-flop cycle. The other cycle is clearly seen in variations ofthe mean and maximum stellar brightness on the time-scale of 20 yearsand is reminiscent of the 11-year sunspot cycle.Tables 2 and 3 are only available in electronic form at the CDS viaanonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or viahttp://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/432/657
| UBV Observations of AB Dor, 1994-5
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| Photoelectric Observations of AB Doradus
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| Photoelectric Observations of \theta Tucanae and AB Doradus
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| Constellation: | Schwertfisch |
| Right ascension: | 05h32m52.88s |
| Declination: | -63°27'21.7" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.426 |
| Distance: | 170.068 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 13.1 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 12 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.743 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.453 |
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