Starspots on the fastest rotators in the β Pictoris moving group

Garcia-Alvarez, David; Lanza, A. F.; Messina, S; Drake, Jeremy J; van Wyk, F W; Shobbrook, R; Butler, C. J.; Kilkenny, D; Doyle, J. G.; Kashyap, V

Starspots on the fastest rotators in the β Pictoris moving group

Date

2011

Authors

Garcia-Alvarez, David

Lanza, A. F.

Messina, S

Drake, Jeremy J

van Wyk, F W

Shobbrook, R

Butler, C. J.

Kilkenny, D

Doyle, J. G.

Kashyap, V

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Aims. We carried out high-resolution spectroscopy and BV(I)C photometric monitoring of the two fastest late-type rotators in the nearby β Pictoris moving group, HD 199143 (F7V) and CD-64°1208 (K7V). The motivation for this work is to investigate the rot