A light curve for V833 Tauri. The main plot (adapted from Strassmeier et al.[1] and Oláh et al.[2]) shows the long term visual band variation, and the inset plot (plotted from TESS data[3]) shows the periodic variability.
HD 283750, also known as V833 Tauri, is a K-type main-sequence star 57 light-years away from the Sun. The star is much younger than the Sun's at 1 billion years.[8] HD 283750 is similar to the Sun in its concentration of heavy elements.[6]
The star has a co-moving white dwarf companion WD 0443+270 at a projected separation of 124″,[9] both possibly ejected members of the Hyades cluster. The white dwarf companion has a rather exotic iron core[8] and belongs to spectral class DA9 and has the mass of 0.62±0.02M☉.[10]
Although HD 283750 was classified as a multi-period variable,[11] a paper in 2020 claims its variability is not exceeding the variability of the Sun, and no period can be identified.[12]
HD 283750 is covered by a large amount of starspots, filling up to 28% of the stellar surface at the maxima of the magnetic cycle.[13] In November 1993, the star emitted an extremely powerful flare with energy of 7.47×1034 ergs, which is on or even above the upper limit of possible energy releases in flare stars.[11] The flares of HD 283750 are accompanied by particle beams strong enough to affect the polarization properties of the stellar photosphere.[14]
Suspected substellar companion
In 1996 a suspected 50-MJbrown dwarf HD 283750b on a 1.79-day orbit around HD 283750 was detected by the differential Doppler spectroscopy method. By 2007, the mass of the companion was refined to 0.19M☉, making it a red dwarf star.[15]
^ ab"V833 Tauri". International Variable Star Index. AAVSO. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
^ abcdNaftilan, S. A.; Fairchild, K. (1993). "Abundance Analysis of the BY Draconis Variable, Hot Flare Star V833 Tauri". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 105: 565. doi:10.1086/133194. S2CID121761886.
^ abcCatalán, S.; Ribas, I.; Isern, J.; García-Berro, E. (2007), "WD0433+270: An old Hyades stream member or an Fe-core white dwarf?", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 477 (3): 901–906, arXiv:0710.3999, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078230, S2CID1559222
^Saar, S. H.; Martens, P. C. H.; Huovelin, J.; Linnaluoto, S. (1994). "Possible detection of a stellar flare-generated particle beam in polarized light". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 286: 194. Bibcode:1994A&A...286..194S.
^Bonavita, M.; Desidera, S.; Thalmann, C.; Janson, M.; Vigan, A.; Chauvin, G.; Lannier, J. (2016). "SPOTS: The Search for Planets Orbiting Two Stars II. First constraints on the frequency of sub-stellar companions on wide circumbinary orbits". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 593: 593. arXiv:1605.03962. Bibcode:2016A&A...593A..38B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628231. S2CID55950739.