| Abstract: | We present the results of a long-term photometric monitoring of the young single main-sequence star HD134319. It shows short-term variability of the optical-band continuum flux with a period of 4.448 days. The variability is attributed to dark spots or spots groups unevenly distributed in longitude on the star's photosphere, whose visibility is modulated by the star's rotation. Maps of the photospheric spot pattern have been obtained with light curve inversion techniques based on the Maximum Entropy and the Tikhonov regularization criteria. The overall spot pattern shows evidence for two long-lasting active longitudes located about 180° apart, with a total area of at least 16% of the stellar surface (assuming an inclination of the stellar rotation axis of 90° on the line of sight). The longitude distribution of the spot pattern and its total area do not show any clear evidence for a long-term variation along the five years of observations. A comparison with recent mean field dynamo models is also addressed, suggesting a possible interpretation of such a behaviour. Singularity, spectral type, youth and a high level of photospheric and chromospheric activity make HD134319 a suitable proxy for studying the magnetic activity of the young Sun not far after its arrival on the zero age main sequence. |
