V4650 Sagittarii
Quintuplet Cluster, with only its diffraction spikes visible. )Credit: HST\NIMCOS (WFC3 | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Sagittarius |
Right ascension | 17h 46m 17.982s[1] |
Declination | −28° 49′ 03.46″[1] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | LBV |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 19.3[1] |
Apparent magnitude (R) | 16.4[1] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 12.310[1] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 8.970[1] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 7.090[1] |
Variable type | LBV[2] |
Details[3] | |
Mass | 46 M☉ |
Radius | 350 R☉ |
Luminosity | 1,770,000 - 7,943,000[4] L☉ |
Temperature | 11,300 K |
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Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
V4650 Sagittarii (qF362) is a
Discovery
V4650 Sgr was first catalogued in 1996 as star 362 in a list of stars in the galactic centre region near the
V4650 was discovered using infrared telescopes. It is extremely faint at optical wavelengths due to interstellar extinction. The 2MASS survey recorded it at 17th magnitude in red light and 19th magnitude in blue light, while it is a 7th magnitude object in K band infrared.[1]
Properties
V4650 Sgr is calculated to be one of the most luminous stars known, at 1,700,000 L☉ to 7,943,000 L☉. It is considered to be a bona-fide luminous blue variable, although it has not been observed to change temperature from the S Doradus minimum strip to a cooler outburst state.[9] The infrared brightness has varied between magnitude 7.0 and 7.9.[2] It is calculated to have a temperature of 11,300 K and a radius of 350 R☉. Unlike both the two nearby LBVs, V4650 Sgr has no detectable associated nebulosity.[8]
References
- ^ Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
- ^ Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
- ^ S2CID 15473563.
- S2CID 42696538.
- Bibcode:1996ASPC..102..263F.
- ^ .
- S2CID 15816020.
- ^ S2CID 118447462.
- S2CID 43688343.