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AS 314
View on Wikipedia| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Scutum |
| Right ascension | 18h 39m 26.10226s[2] |
| Declination | −13° 50′ 47.1597″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 9.85[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | Protoplanetary nebula[4] |
| U−B color index | +0.12[3] |
| B−V color index | +0.89[3] |
| Variable type | α Cyg?[5] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −77±8[2] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −4.416[2] mas/yr Dec.: −6.241[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 0.5853±0.0141 mas[2] |
| Distance | 5,600 ± 100 ly (1,710 ± 40 pc) |
| Details | |
| Luminosity | 3,200[4] L☉ |
| Temperature | 10,200[6] K |
| Other designations | |
| V452 Sct, BD−13°5061, HIP 91477, 2MASS J18392610-1350470 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
AS 314, also known as V452 Scuti, is a protoplanetary nebula[4] once believed to be a white hypergiant star or luminous blue variable located in the constellation of Scutum. It has an apparent magnitude of 9.85 and can be seen with small telescopes.
Characteristics
[edit]AS 314 was found to be a variable star in 1996, when the Hipparcos data was analyzed. For that reason it was given the variable star designation V452 Scuti, in 1999.[7]
AS 314 was poorly studied until the year 2000, when Miroshnichenko et al. incorrectly estimated a distance for this star of around 10 kiloparsecs (32,600 light years), a luminosity 160,000 times that of Sun (L☉), a radius 200 times the solar radius (R☉), and an initial mass of 20 solar masses (M☉). It was also estimated to be losing 2 × 10−5 M☉ each year (in other words, 1 M☉ every 50,000 years) through a very strong stellar wind.[8]
AS 314 has an infrared excess, suggesting that it is shrouded in a circumstellar envelope of dust.[8][9] However, it has not been classified as a bona fide luminous blue variable, but as a candidate.[10]
The Hipparcos parallax and proper motions are large and imply a much closer, and hence less luminous, star.[11] The Hipparcos measurement was later confirmed by the Gaia mission,[2] reclassifying AS 314 as post-AGB star.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "The main OGLE Homepage". OGLE. Warsaw University. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c Kozok, J. R. (1985). "Photometric observations of emission B-stars in the southern Milky Way". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 61: 387. Bibcode:1985A&AS...61..387K.
- ^ a b c d Groh, Jose H.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Drout, Maria R.; Murphy, Jeremiah W.; Aghakhanloo, Mojgan; Smith, Nathan (2019). "On the Gaia DR2 distances for Galactic luminous blue variables". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488 (2): 1760–1778. arXiv:1805.03298. Bibcode:2019MNRAS.488.1760S. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1712.
- ^ Samus', N. N.; Kazarovets, E. V.; Durlevich, O. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (2017). "General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1". Astronomy Reports. 61 (1): 80. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085.
- ^ van Genderen, A.M. (2001). "S Doradus variables in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 366 (2): 508–531. Bibcode:2001A&A...366..508V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000022.
- ^ Kazarovets, E. V.; Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; Frolov, M. S.; Antipin, S. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (January 1999). "The 74th Special Name-list of Variable Stars" (PDF). Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 4659: 1–27. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ a b Miroshnichenko, A. S.; Chentsov, E. L.; Klochkova, V. G. (2000). "AS?314: A dusty A?type hypergiant". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 144 (3): 379. Bibcode:2000A&AS..144..379M. doi:10.1051/aas:2000216.
- ^ Clark, J. S.; Larionov, V. M.; Arkharov, A. (May 2005). "On the population of galactic Luminous Blue Variables". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 435 (1): 239–246. Bibcode:2005A&A...435..239C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042563.
- ^ Nazé, Y.; Rauw, G.; Hutsemékers, D. (2012). "The first X-ray survey of Galactic luminous blue variables". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 538: A47. arXiv:1111.6375. Bibcode:2012A&A...538A..47N. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118040. S2CID 43688343.
- ^ Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. S2CID 18759600.
