HD 93129A

HD 93129A

Image of the star cluster Trumpler 14 with HD 93129A being the brightest star in the image.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Carina
Right ascension 10h 43m 57.5s[1]
Declination −59° 32' 51.3"[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.310[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type O2If+O3.5V[2]
U−B color index −0.78[3]
B−V color index +0.22[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−0.4 ± 7.4[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -5.0[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 17.0[1] mas/yr
Distance2,300[2] pc
Absolute magnitude (MV)-6.5[5]
Details
Mass95[2] M☉
Radius20[2] R☉
Luminosity2,500,000[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.60[6] cgs
Temperature52,000[2] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)130[2] km/s
Age0.9+0.2
−0.4[4] Myr
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 93129A is a hot O class star in the Carina Nebula. It is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way.[2] It is the dominant member of the Trumpler 14 star cluster, a young star cluster within the Carina OB1 stellar association that harbors other super luminous stars, like Eta Carinae and WR 25.

HD 93129A has a close neighbour within Trumpler 14, an O3.5 main-sequence star (HD 93129B) 3 arc-seconds away. In addition, HD 93129A itself has recently been found to be a close binary,[7] with the fainter companion being yet another very hot O3.5V. The components have been resolved, but their separation has decreased from 55 mas in 2004 and only 27 mas in 2013.[8] Luminosity data is still quoted here for the two stars combined. A further 5 fainter stars within 5 arc-seconds have been detected.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cohen, D. H.; Gagné, M.; Leutenegger, M. A.; MacArthur, J. P.; Wollman, E. E.; Sundqvist, J. O.; Fullerton, A. W.; Owocki, S. P. (2011). "Chandra X-ray spectroscopy of the very early O supergiant HD 93129A: Constraints on wind shocks and the mass-loss rate". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 415 (4): 3354. arXiv:1104.4786. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.415.3354C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18952.x.
  3. 1 2 Simon, K. P.; Kudritzki, R. P.; Jonas, G.; Rahe, J. (1983). "Non-LTE analysis of massive O stars. III - the O3 stars HD 93128, HD 93129A, and HDE 303308". Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361) 125: 34. Bibcode:1983A&A...125...34S.
  4. 1 2 Penny, Laura R.; Gies, Douglas R.; Hartkopf, William I.; Mason, Brian D.; Turner, Nils H. (1993). "The frequency of binary stars in the young cluster Trumpler 14". Astronomical Society of the Pacific 105: 588. Bibcode:1993PASP..105..588P. doi:10.1086/133200.
  5. ↑ Walborn, Nolan R.; Howarth, Ian D.; Lennon, Daniel J.; Massey, Philip; Oey, M. S.; Moffat, Anthony F. J.; Skalkowski, Gwen; Morrell, Nidia I.; Drissen, Laurent; Parker, Joel Wm. (2002). "A New Spectral Classification System for the Earliest O Stars: Definition of Type O2". The Astronomical Journal 123 (5): 2754. Bibcode:2002AJ....123.2754W. doi:10.1086/339831.
  6. ↑ Repolust, T.; Puls, J.; Herrero, A. (2004). "Stellar and wind parameters of Galactic O-stars. The influence of line-blocking/blanketing". Astronomy and Astrophysics 415: 349. Bibcode:2004A&A...415..349R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034594.
  7. ↑ Benaglia, P.; Koribalski, B. (2004). "Radio observations of HD 93129A: The earliest O star with the highest mass loss?". Astronomy & Astrophysics 416 (1): 171–178. arXiv:astro-ph/0312003. Bibcode:2004A&A...416..171B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034138.
  8. 1 2 Sana, H.; Le Bouquin, J.-B.; Lacour, S.; Berger, J.-P.; Duvert, G.; Gauchet, L.; Norris, B.; Olofsson, J.; Pickel, D.; Zins, G.; Absil, O.; De Koter, A.; Kratter, K.; Schnurr, O.; Zinnecker, H. (2014). "Southern Massive Stars at High Angular Resolution: Observational Campaign and Companion Detection". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 215: 15. arXiv:1409.6304. Bibcode:2014ApJS..215...15S. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/215/1/15.

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