MACHO 176.18833.411
Coordinates: 
18h 00m 13.08s, −27° 15′ 39.1″
18h 00m 13.08s, −27° 15′ 39.1″| Observation data J2000
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| Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Right ascension | 18h 00m 13.08s[1] |
| Declination | −27° 15′ 39.1″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 17.462[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Variable type | RR Lyrae[2] |
| Details | |
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MACHO 176.18833.411, OGLE BLG-RRLYR-10353 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
MACHO 176.18833.411 (OGLE BLG-RRLYR-10353) is an
Milky Way Galaxy. However, it is not a galactic bulge star, it is a galactic halo star, which is on the part of its elliptical orbit that brings it within the bulge before returning to the outer parts of the galaxy, the halo. The star is currently located about 850 pc (2,800 ly) from the Galactic Center.[3] As of 2015[update], this star has the highest velocity of any known RR Lyrae variable located in the bulge, moving at 482 km/s (1,080,000 mph), only slightly below galactic escape velocity, and 5x the average velocity of bulge stars. Its nature was discovered as part of the BRAVA-RR survey.[5]
References
- ^ Bibcode:2011AcA....61....1S.
- ^ a b "MACHO 176.18833.411". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ S2CID 55063492. L12.
- ^ "Details for MACHO 176.18833.411". VSX. AAVSO.
- ^ "Starry surprise in the bulge: encounter of a halo passerby". Space Daily. 27 July 2015.
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