New Online Database of Symbiotic Variables: SS73 38

Constellation
Musca

Equatorial coordinates
α = 12 51 26.173
δ = -64 59 58.013

Galactic coordinates
l = 302.9317°
b = -2.1277°

Suspected	1972^Ref
Confirmed	1972^Ref
Symbiotic IR type	D^Ref
Hot component type	shell-burning^Ref
Outbursts	-

Identifiers

SS73 38	IRAS 12483-6443	GSC2.4.2 S7LK031885	AAVSO 000-BKJ-077
SIMBAD THA 17-1	Pan-STARRS -	SAO -	VSX 57935
GAIA DR3 5861762230260087936	SkyMapper 125126.19-645958.0	WRAY -	GCVS -
2MASS J12512620-6459579	HIP -	Hen -	BD -
WISE J125126.18-645957.9	TYC -	ESO -	HD -

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954)	-	Allen (1984)	SS 38 (Conf.)	Belzcyński et al. (2001)	SS73 38 (Conf.)
Gaposchkin (1957)	-	Kenyon (1986)	SS 38 (Conf.)	Akras et al. (2019)	SS73 38 (Conf.)
Boyarchuk (1969)	-	Vaidis (1988, 1991)	-64°665 (Conf.)

Position

Right ascension (°)	192.8591^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.445±0.066^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	1.19±0.07^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-64.9994^Ref	Distance (kpc)	4.8^Ref 2.19^Ref ^{, Note}, 2.00^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	302.9317^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-5.18±0.06^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	-2.1277^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-1.26±0.08^Ref

Observations

X-Ray	-	IR type	D^Ref	Radio	Yes^Ref
X-Ray type	-	J (mag)	9.35^Ref	Flickering	-
GALEX FUV (mag)	-	H (mag)	7.43^Ref	Outbursts	-
GALEX NUV (mag)	-	K (mag)	5.92^Ref	Outburst type	-
IUE	No^Ref	WISE W1 (mag)	4.60^Ref	Jets	-
FUSE	No^Ref	WISE W2 (mag)	3.47^Ref	Resolved nebula	-
U (mag)	-	WISE W3 (mag)	1.90^Ref	IPmax (eV)	108.8^Ref
B (mag)	14.13^Ref	WISE W4 (mag)	1.33^Ref	[O III] lines	Yes^Ref
V (mag)	13.81^Ref	IRAS 12μm (Jy)	7.71^Ref	He II lines	Yes^Ref
R (mag)	-	IRAS 25μm (Jy)	3.29^Ref	[Fe VII] lines	Yes^Ref
I (mag)	-	IRAS 60μm (Jy)	1.88^Ref	O VI lines	No^Ref
BP (mag)	14.42^Ref	IRAS 100μm (Jy)	19.50^Ref
G (mag)	13.54^Ref	AKARI S09 (Jy)	6.16^Ref
RP (mag)	12.37^Ref	AKARI S18 (Jy)	3.09^Ref

Orbit

Orbital period (days)	-	γ velocity (km/h)	-	Size of giant’s orbit (AU)	-
Eccentricity	-	RV of giant (km/h)	-	Separation (AU)	-
Inclination (°)	-	Inferior conj. of giant (JD)	-	Mass function	-
Eclipses	-			Mass ratio	-
Orbital ephemeris	-

Cool component

Spectral type	C9^Ref	Mass (M_⊙)	-	Pulsation	Yes^Ref
Eff. temperature (K)	-	Radius (R_⊙)	-	Type	Mira^Ref
IR type	D^Ref	Luminosity (L_⊙)	-	Pulsation period (days)	463^Ref
Metallicity [Fe/H]	-			Pulsation ephemeris	Max (JHKL) = 2444983 + 463 x E^Ref

Hot component

Type/Spectral type	-	Mass (M_⊙)	-	Spin period (min)	-
Shell-burning/Accreting-only	shell-burning^Ref	Radius (R_⊙)	-	Accretion disk	-
Eff. temperature (K)	-	Luminosity (L_⊙)	-
Lower limit (K)	-
Upper limit (K)	-

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

Featurless continuum with Balmer lines, [O III], and He II lines were detected in the spectrum of this object (Weaver, 1972). The symbiotic nature of the star was further supported by Sanduleak & Stephenson (1973).

References

Allen, D. A., 1984, PASA, 5, 3, 369, 1984PASA....5..369A
Angeloni, R., Contini, M., Ciroi, S. et al., 2010, MNRAS, 402, 3, 2075, 2010MNRAS.402.2075A
Gromadzki, M., Mikołajewska, J., Whitelock, P. et al., 2009, AcA, 59, 2, 169, 2009AcA....59..169G
Sanduleak, N., Stephenson, C. B., 1973, ApJ, 185, 899, 1973ApJ...185..899S
Schulte-Landbeck, R. E., Macconnell, D. J., Zarate, N., 1988, IAU Colloq. 103: The Symbiotic Phenomenon, 145, 295, 1988ASSL..145..295S
Weaver, W. B., 1972, PASP, 84, 502, 854, 1972PASP...84..854W
Whitelock, P. A., 1987, PASP, 99, 573, 1987PASP...99..573W

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