Published September 15, 2022 | Version v1

High resolution spectra of the spinning-top Be star Achernar

Description

Achernar, the closest and brightest classical Be star, presents rotational flattening, gravity darkening, occasional emission lines due to a gaseous disk, and an extended polar wind. It is also a member of a close binary system with an early A-type dwarf companion. We aim to determine the orbital parameters of the Achernar system and to estimate the physical properties of the components. We monitored the relative position of Achernar B using a broad range of high angular resolution instruments of the VLT/VLTI over a period of 13 years (2006-2019). These astrometric observations are complemented with a series of more than 700 optical spectra for the period from 2003 to 2016. The present dataset contains the high resolution spectra of Achernar that were included in our study. They were collected using the BESO, BeSS, CHIRON, CORALIE, FEROS, HARPS, PUCHEROS, and UVES instruments. The spectra are provided in the form of standard FITS files, with the continuum flux normalized to unity.

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Is supplement to
Journal article: 10.1051/0004-6361/202244009 (DOI)

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche
MASSIF - MAssive Stars Study in InterFerometry ANR-21-CE31-0018
European Commission
UniverScale - Sub-percent calibration of the extragalactic distance scale in the era of big surveys 951549
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
UnlockCepheids - Unlocking the potential of Cepheids as primary distance calibrators ANR-15-CE31-0012
European Commission
CepBin - A sub-percent distance scale from binaries and Cepheids 695099
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
SAM - Sparse Aperture Masking: A critical tool to understand planetary formation ANR-13-JS05-0005