AE Ara

Constellation
Ara

Equatorial coordinates
α = 17 41 04.916
δ = -47 03 27.245

Galactic coordinates
l = 343.9960°
b = -8.6604°

Suspected	1974^Ref
Confirmed	1978^Ref
Symbiotic IR type	S^Ref
Hot component type	shell-burning^Ref
Outbursts	Yes^Ref - Z And^Ref

Identifiers

AE Ara	IRAS -	GSC2.4.2 S8P5001158	AAVSO 000-BBZ-238
SIMBAD V* AE Ara	Pan-STARRS -	SAO -	VSX 2862
GAIA DR3 5948983150427377536	SkyMapper 174104.91-470327.2	WRAY 15-1754	GCVS AE Ara
2MASS J17410490-4703270	HIP -	Hen 3-1451	BD -
WISE J174104.91-470327.1	TYC 8347-1978-1	ESO 279-5	HD -

Symbiotic Catalogs

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

Position

Right ascension (°)	265.2705^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.100±0.038^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	0.2±0.0^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-47.0576^Ref	Distance (kpc)	1.6^Ref, 2.3^Ref, 1.9^Ref, 3.5^Ref 7.70^Ref ^{, Note}, 6.81^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	343.9960^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-1.69±0.05^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	-8.6604^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-3.49±0.03^Ref

Observations

X-Ray	No^Ref	IR type	S^Ref	Radio	No^Ref
X-Ray type	-	J (mag)	7.69^Ref	Flickering	No^Ref
GALEX FUV (mag)	-	H (mag)	6.77^Ref	Outbursts	Yes^Ref
GALEX NUV (mag)	-	K (mag)	6.37^Ref	Outburst type	Z And^Ref
IUE	No^Ref	WISE W1 (mag)	6.25^Ref	Jets	-
FUSE	Yes^Ref	WISE W2 (mag)	6.19^Ref	Resolved nebula	No^Ref
U (mag)	-	WISE W3 (mag)	5.78^Ref	IPmax (eV)	114^Ref
B (mag)	13.61^Ref	WISE W4 (mag)	5.11^Ref	[O III] lines	Yes^Ref
V (mag)	12.72^Ref	IRAS 12μm (Jy)	-	He II lines	Yes^Ref
R (mag)	12.74^Ref	IRAS 25μm (Jy)	-	[Fe VII] lines	No^Ref
I (mag)	-	IRAS 60μm (Jy)	-	O VI lines	Yes^Ref
BP (mag)	12.57^Ref	IRAS 100μm (Jy)	-
G (mag)	11.15^Ref	AKARI S09 (Jy)	0.30^Ref
RP (mag)	9.89^Ref	AKARI S18 (Jy)	-

Orbit

Orbital period (days)	812±2^Ref, 803.4±8.8^Ref	γ velocity (km/h)	-15.7±0.3^Ref, -10.7±0.36^Ref	Size of giant’s orbit (AU)	0.4^Ref, 0.48^Ref
Eccentricity	0^Ref, 0^Ref	RV of giant (km/h)	5.4±0.3^Ref, 6.55±0.55^Ref	Separation (AU)	-
Inclination (°)	51^Ref	Inferior conj. of giant (JD)	2450217,2453649.6	Mass function	0.0133^Ref, 0.0235^Ref
Eclipses	-			Mass ratio	4.4^Ref, 2.7^Ref, 3.92^Ref
Orbital ephemeris	-

Cool component

Spectral type	M2 III^Ref, M5 III^Ref, M3 III^Ref, M4.4 III^Ref, M5.5 III^Ref	Mass (M_⊙)	2±1.2^Ref, 1.6^Ref	Pulsation	Yes^Ref
Eff. temperature (K)	3430^Ref, 3300^Ref	Radius (R_⊙)	111-166^Ref	Type	SR^Ref
IR type	S^Ref	Luminosity (L_⊙)	1800±300^Ref	Pulsation period (days)	126±2^Ref
Metallicity [Fe/H]	-0.09±0.1^Ref			Pulsation ephemeris	-

Hot component

Type/Spectral type	WD^Ref	Mass (M_⊙)	0.51±0.2^Ref	Spin period (min)	-
Shell-burning/Accreting-only	shell-burning^Ref	Radius (R_⊙)	0.100-0.134^Ref	Accretion disk	-
Eff. temperature (K)	70000-105000^Ref, 70000-80000^Ref, 130000±30000^Ref	Luminosity (L_⊙)	8.5^Ref, 1000^Ref, 1000-2000^Ref, 1060-10100^Ref
Lower limit (K)	54000^Ref
Upper limit (K)	80000^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

References

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AE Ara

Identifiers

Symbiotic Catalogs

Position

Observations

Orbit

Cool component

Hot component

Links

Notes

References

Last updated: January 13, 2024