A fast-rotating blue straggler star in the tidal tail of the open cluster NGC 752

Abstract

NGC 752 is a famous Galactic open cluster of intermediate age. In recent works, a very long and asymmetric tail was newly revealed. A blue straggler star (BSS) at the periphery of the tidal tail of the cluster has been identified subsequently. We aim to perform a detailed analysis of the newly detected BSS based on the available comprehensive spectroscopic and photometric data. We also explored this BSS's possible formation pathway and age limitation based on the collected spectroscopic and photometric data. We estimated the projected rotational velocity $v\sin i$ and the mass of the BSS from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope low-resolution spectra and multiband photometric data from various catalogs, respectively. The newly discovered BSS is confirmed as a genuine member of NGC 752. The lack of ultraviolet excess in the SED and no significant variations in the light curve imply that this BSS is likely a single star ($mass=1.86_{-0.94}^{+3.62}{M}_{\odot }$) formed through stellar mergers. The fast rotation velocity ($v\sin i=206.9\pm 4.9$~km ${\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$) of the BSS may provide constraints on its age (less than a hundred million years), but more formation details require further investigation.

arXiv comment7 pages, 6 figures. Accepted by A&A

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