HD 93250

HD 93250

Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 10h 44m 45.026s[1]
Declination −59° 33 54.68[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.5[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type O3.5V
U−B color index ?
B−V color index ?
Variable type None
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)15 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -8.15 mas/yr
Dec.: 2.86 mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.53 ± 0.42[2] mas
Distanceapprox. 6,000 ly
(approx. 2,000 pc)
Details
Mass86.83[3] M
Luminosity1,038,978[3] L
Temperature50250[3] K
Metallicity?
Rotation?
Age? years
Other designations
1E 104248-5918.0, HIC 52558, XMMU J104444.8-593354, ALS 1859, 2E 2317, HIP 52558, CD-58° 3537, GC 14791, CGO 246, GCRV 25947, PPM 339400, Cl Trumpler 16 180, SAO 238423, Cl Trumpler 14 101, TYC 8626-2075-1, CPC 20° 3140, GOS G287.51-00.54 01, CPD-58 2661, GSC 08626-02075.

HD 93250 is a highly luminous hot blue star in the Carina Nebula in the constellation Carina. It is around 86 times as massive and a million times as luminous as the Sun.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 SIMBAD, HD 93250 (accessed 28 April 2015)
  2. van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the New Hipparcos Reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–64. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hohle, M. M.; Neuhäuser, R.; Schutz, B. F. (April 2010), "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants", Astronomische Nachrichten 331 (4): 349, arXiv:1003.2335, Bibcode:2010AN....331..349H, doi:10.1002/asna.200911355