Blanco 1 is an $\approx 130\,\mathrm{Myr}$ open cluster located 240 pc from the Sun below the Galactic plane. Recent studies have reported the existence of diffuse tidal tails extending 50-60 pc from the cluster center based on the positions and velocities measured by Gaia. To independently assess the reality and extent of this structure, we used light curves generated from TESS full-frame images to search for photometric rotation periods of stars in and around Blanco 1. We detected rotation periods down to a stellar effective temperature of $\approx 3100\,\mathrm{K}$ in 347 of the 603 cluster member candidates for which we have light curves. For cluster members in the core and candidate members in the tidal tails, both within a temperature range of 4400 to 6200 K, 74% and 72% of the rotation periods are consistent with the single-star gyrochronological sequence, respectively. In contrast, a comparison sample of field stars yielded gyrochrone-consistent rotation periods for only 8.5% of stars. The tidal tail candidates' overall conformance to the core members' gyrochrone sequence implies that their contamination ratio is consistent with zero and < 0.33 at the $2σ$ level. This result confirms the existence of Blanco 1 tidal tails and doubles the number of Blanco 1 members for which there are both spatio-kinematic and rotation-based cluster membership verification. Extending the strategy of using TESS light curves for gyrochronology to other nearby young open clusters and stellar associations may provide a viable strategy for mapping out their dissolution and broadening the search for young exoplanets.
Discovery and Characterization of Three New High-amplitude delta Scuti Stars from TESS Observations
Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院新疆天文台);School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学天文与空间科学学院);Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC(安达卢西亚天体物理研究所-西班牙国家研究委员会);Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences(乌兹别克斯坦科学院乌鲁伯格天文研究所);Samarkand State University(撒马尔罕国立大学)
Luminaries in the Sky: The TESS LEGACY sample of bright stars. II. In-depth seismic characterisation of 32 naked-eye stars in the PLATO LOP fields
Université Paris Cité, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, AIM(巴黎西岱大学、巴黎萨克雷大学、法国原子能和替代能源委员会、法国国家科学研究中心);School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham(伯明翰大学物理与天文学学院);INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania(意大利国家天体物理研究所卡塔尼亚天文台);Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University(奥胡斯大学物理学与天文学系恒星天体物理学中心);IMT Atlantique(大西洋高等理工学院);Institut Villebon - Georges Charpak , Université Paris-Saclay(巴黎萨克雷大学维尔邦-乔治·夏帕克研究所)