AS 255

CONFIRMED MILKY WAY
 
Constellation
Scorpius
Equatorial coordinates
α = 17 57 08.699
δ = -35 15 37.882
Galactic coordinates
l = 355.7919°
b = -5.3183°

Suspected 1973Ref
Confirmed 1978Ref
Symbiotic IR type SRef
Hot component type shell-burningRef
Outbursts -

Identifiers

AS 255 IRAS 17537-3513 GSC2.4.2 S8B7000636 AAVSO 000-BJT-872
SIMBAD EM* AS 255 Pan-STARRS - SAO - VSX 62483
GAIA DR3 4040564975631065088 SkyMapper 175708.69-351537.8 WRAY - GCVS -
2MASS J17570872-3515377 HIP - Hen 3-1525 BD -
WISE J175708.70-351537.8 TYC - ESO - HD -

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954) - Allen (1984) AS 255 (Conf.) Belzcyński et al. (2001) AS 255 (Conf.)
Gaposchkin (1957) - Kenyon (1986) AS 255 (Conf.) Akras et al. (2019) AS 255 (Conf.)
Boyarchuk (1969) - Vaidis (1988, 1991) MHA 365-45 (Conf.)

Position

Right ascension (°) 269.2862Ref Parallax (mas) 0.138±0.025Ref Reddening E(B-V) (mag) 0.41±0.01Ref, Note
Declination (°) -35.2605Ref Distance (kpc) 9Ref, 1.5Ref
7.04Ref, Note, 6.70Ref, Note
   
Galactic longitude (°) 355.7919Ref Proper motion in α (mas/yr) -11.44±0.02Ref    
Galactic latitude (°) -5.3183Ref Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) -4.53±0.02Ref    

Observations

X-Ray NoRef IR type SRef Radio NoRef
X-Ray type - J (mag) 9.58Ref Flickering NoRef
GALEX FUV (mag) - H (mag) 8.61Ref Outbursts -
GALEX NUV (mag) - K (mag) 8.36Ref Outburst type -
IUE NoRef WISE W1 (mag) 8.09Ref Jets -
FUSE NoRef WISE W2 (mag) 8.11Ref Resolved nebula -
U (mag) - WISE W3 (mag) 7.89Ref IPmax (eV) 114Ref
B (mag) 12.00Ref WISE W4 (mag) 7.40Ref [O III] lines NoRef
V (mag) 12.60Ref IRAS 12μm (Jy) - He II lines YesRef
R (mag) - IRAS 25μm (Jy) - [Fe VII] lines NoRef
I (mag) - IRAS 60μm (Jy) - O VI lines YesRef
BP (mag) 13.36Ref IRAS 100μm (Jy) -
G (mag) 12.23Ref AKARI S09 (Jy) -
RP (mag) 11.17Ref AKARI S18 (Jy) -

Orbit

Orbital period (days) - γ velocity (km/h) 277.66±2.64Ref 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 K3 IIIRef, K3 IIIRef,
K5.2 IIIRef
Mass (M) - Pulsation -
Eff. temperature (K) 4256Ref, 4300Ref Radius (R) 20.5Ref Type -
IR type SRef Luminosity (L) - Pulsation period (days) -
Metallicity [Fe/H] -1.2Ref     Pulsation ephemeris -

Hot component

Type/Spectral type - Mass (M) - Spin period (min) -
Shell-burning/Accreting-only shell-burningRef Radius (R) 0.028-0.030Ref Accretion disk -
Eff. temperature (K) 198000-205000Ref Luminosity (L) 1100-1400Ref    
Lower limit (K) -        
Upper limit (K) -        

Links

SIMBAD   CDS Portal


Notes

In Allen (1978), the object was reported to exhibit weak TiO bands, faint He II, and weak forbidden lines.


References


Last updated: January 13, 2024