CH Cyg

CONFIRMED MILKY WAY
 
Constellation
Cygnus
Equatorial coordinates
α = 19 24 33.056
δ = +50 14 28.874
Galactic coordinates
l = 81.8580°
b = 15.5799°

Suspected 1964.0Ref
Confirmed 1974Ref
Symbiotic IR type SRef
Hot component type accreting-onlyRef
Outbursts YesRef

Identifiers

CH Cyg IRAS 19232+5008 GSC2.4.2 N2J7000149 AAVSO 000-BCG-667
SIMBAD V* CH Cyg Pan-STARRS 168292911373490413 SAO 31632 VSX 11029
GAIA DR3 2130088038314195200 SkyMapper - WRAY - GCVS CH Cyg
2MASS J19243305+5014289 HIP 95413 Hen - BD +49 2999
WISE J192433.08+501428.9 TYC 3551-2505-1 ESO - HD 182917

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954) - Allen (1984) CH Cyg (Susp.) Belzcyński et al. (2001) CH Cyg (Conf.)
Gaposchkin (1957) - Kenyon (1986) CH Cyg (Conf.) Akras et al. (2019) CH Cyg (Conf.)
Boyarchuk (1969) - Vaidis (1988, 1991) CH Cyg (Conf.)

Position

Right ascension (°) 291.1377Ref Parallax (mas) 4.882±0.086Ref Reddening E(B-V) (mag) 0.07±0.0Ref, Note
Declination (°) 50.2414Ref Distance (kpc) 0.22±0.03Ref
0.20Ref, Note, 0.20Ref, Note
   
Galactic longitude (°) 81.8580Ref Proper motion in α (mas/yr) -5.95±0.10Ref    
Galactic latitude (°) 15.5799Ref Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) -13.79±0.11Ref    

Observations

X-Ray YesRef IR type SRef Radio YesRef
X-Ray type β/δRef J (mag) 1.07Ref Flickering YesRef
GALEX FUV (mag) - H (mag) 0.05Ref Outbursts YesRef
GALEX NUV (mag) - K (mag) -0.42Ref Outburst type -
IUE YesRef WISE W1 (mag) -1.02Ref Jets YesRef
FUSE YesRef WISE W2 (mag) 1.77Ref Resolved nebula YesRef
U (mag) 8.14Ref WISE W3 (mag) -2.92Ref IPmax (eV) 35.1Ref, 77.5 (UV)Ref
B (mag) 8.77Ref WISE W4 (mag) -3.06Ref [O III] lines YesRef
V (mag) 7.08Ref IRAS 12μm (Jy) 565.00Ref He II lines NoRef
R (mag) - IRAS 25μm (Jy) 191.00Ref [Fe VII] lines NoRef
I (mag) 5.35Ref IRAS 60μm (Jy) 18.20Ref O VI lines NoRef
BP (mag) 7.90Ref IRAS 100μm (Jy) 4.27Ref
G (mag) 5.37Ref AKARI S09 (Jy) 597.90Ref
RP (mag) 3.98Ref AKARI S18 (Jy) 330.20Ref

Orbit

Orbital period (days) 5689.2±47Ref γ velocity (km/h) -59.91±0.09Ref, -59.41±0.84Ref Size of giant’s orbit (AU) 2.31Ref
Eccentricity 0.122±0.024Ref RV of giant (km/h) 4.45±0.12Ref Separation (AU) 10.2Ref
Inclination (°) 90Ref Inferior conj. of giant (JD) 2445681 Mass function 0.051Ref
Eclipses YesRef     Mass ratio 3.57Ref, 10.48Ref
Orbital ephemeris T0 = 2446353±192 + 5689±47 x ERef        

Cool component

Spectral type M6 IIIRef, M6.5 - M7 IIIRef,
M7 IIIRef
Mass (M) 2Ref, 2.2±0.1Ref Pulsation YesRef
Eff. temperature (K) 2700Ref, 3100Ref,
3100Ref
Radius (R) 288±15Ref, 370Ref,
280Ref
Type g-mode non-radialRef
IR type SRef Luminosity (L) 5600Ref, 5000Ref Pulsation period (days) 101.32±0.5Ref, 750.1±1.3Ref
Metallicity [Fe/H] 0±0.19Ref, 0.13±0.09Ref     Pulsation ephemeris -

Hot component

Type/Spectral type WDRef Mass (M) 0.56Ref, 0.21±0.01Ref Spin period (min) -
Shell-burning/Accreting-only accreting-onlyRef Radius (R) - Accretion disk -
Eff. temperature (K) 80000-85000Ref, 14200Ref Luminosity (L) 0.3-13Ref, 0.25Ref,
5-10Ref
   
Lower limit (K) -        
Upper limit (K) -        

Links

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Notes

Not recognized as a symbiotic system until its 1964 outburst (see the discussion in Kenyon, 1986). It was previously classified as an SRa M6 star (Smak, 1964). The system is suggested to be a triple star due to the detection of two/three periods in the light curves and radial velocity curves. A period of around 100 days was proposed to be associated with red giant pulsations, while for the other two periods (750 days and 15 years), two models exist. In one model, the giant pulsates with a period of 750 days, and the 15-year period is the orbital one. In the other model, the system consists of an inner symbiotic binary with a 750-day orbital period and an outer third component with an orbital period of 15 years (likely a G-type dwarf); see, e.g., Hinkle et al. (2009), Iijima et al. (2019), and references therein.


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Last updated: January 13, 2024