OGLE-GAL-ACEP-091: The First Known Multi-mode Anomalous Cepheid

Anomalous Cepheids (ACs) are metal-deficient, core-helium-burning pulsating stars with masses in the range 1.2–2.2 ${M}_{\odot }$. Until recently, all known ACs were pure single-mode pulsators. The first candidate for an AC pulsating in more than one radial mode—OGLE-GAL-ACEP-091—was recently identified in the Milky Way based on the photometric database of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey. We analyze this object showing that it is actually a triple-mode pulsator. Its position in the Petersen diagram, the light-curve morphology quantified by Fourier coefficients, and absolute magnitudes derived from the Gaia parallax are consistent with the assumption that OGLE-GAL-ACEP-091 is an AC. Our grid of linear pulsation models indicates that OGLE-GAL-ACEP-091 is a 1.8 ${M}_{\odot }$ star with a metallicity of about [Fe/H] = −0.5 dex.