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    CONFIRMED
    MILKY WAY  
    
Constellation 
Microscopium | 
Equatorial coordinates 
α = 21 00 06.343 
δ =  -42 38 44.968 | 
Galactic coordinates 
l = 358.6552°  
b = -41.1044°  | 
 
  
| Suspected | 
1976Ref | 
 
| Confirmed | 
1984Ref | 
 
| Symbiotic IR type | 
SRef | 
 
| Hot component type | 
shell-burningRef | 
 
| Outbursts | 
Yes?Ref | 
 
 
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  Symbiotic Catalogs
  
| Bidelman (1954) | 
- | 
Allen (1984) | 
CD-43.14304 (Conf.) | 
Belzcyński et al. (2001) | 
CD-43 14304 (Conf.) | 
| Gaposchkin (1957) | 
- | 
Kenyon (1986) | 
CD-43°14304 (Conf.) | 
Akras et al. (2019) | 
CD-43 14304 (Conf.) | 
| Boyarchuk (1969) | 
- | 
Vaidis (1988, 1991) | 
CD-43°14304 (Conf.) | 
   
  
  
Position
| Right ascension (°) | 
315.0264Ref | 
Parallax (mas) | 
0.107±0.021Ref | 
Reddening E(B-V) (mag) | 
0.03±0.0Ref, Note | 
| Declination (°) | 
-42.6458Ref | 
Distance (kpc) | 
1.2Ref, 1.3Ref,  2.1Ref 6.89Ref, Note, 7.21Ref, Note | 
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| Galactic longitude (°) | 
358.6552Ref | 
Proper motion in α (mas/yr) | 
-10.08±0.02Ref | 
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| Galactic latitude (°) | 
-41.1044Ref | 
Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) | 
-2.04±0.02Ref | 
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Observations
  
     | X-Ray | 
     YesRef | 
     IR type | 
     SRef | 
     Radio | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | X-Ray type | 
     αRef | 
     J (mag) | 
     8.58Ref | 
     Flickering | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | GALEX FUV (mag) | 
     14.04Ref | 
     H (mag) | 
     7.76Ref | 
     Outbursts | 
     Yes?Ref | 
   
   
     | GALEX NUV (mag) | 
     14.14Ref | 
     K (mag) | 
     7.53Ref | 
     Outburst type | 
     - | 
   
   
     | IUE | 
     NoRef | 
     WISE W1 (mag) | 
     7.36Ref | 
     Jets | 
     - | 
   
   
     | FUSE | 
     NoRef | 
     WISE W2 (mag) | 
     7.32Ref | 
     Resolved nebula | 
     - | 
   
   
     | U (mag) | 
     - | 
     WISE W3 (mag) | 
     6.71Ref | 
     IPmax (eV) | 
     114Ref | 
   
   
     | B (mag) | 
     12.55Ref | 
     WISE W4 (mag) | 
     5.81Ref | 
     [O III] lines | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | V (mag) | 
     11.49Ref | 
     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) | 
     11.51Ref | 
     IRAS 100μm (Jy) | 
     - | 
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     | G (mag) | 
     10.74Ref | 
     AKARI S09 (Jy) | 
     0.14Ref | 
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     | RP (mag) | 
     9.84Ref | 
     AKARI S18 (Jy) | 
     - | 
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Orbit
| Orbital period (days) | 
1442Ref, 1434±19Ref | 
γ velocity (km/h) | 
27.5Ref, 27.4±0.2Ref | 
Size of giant’s orbit (AU) | 
0.52Ref | 
| Eccentricity | 
0.22Ref, 0.23±0.08Ref | 
RV of giant (km/h) | 
4.6Ref, 4.5±0.4Ref | 
Separation (AU) | 
- | 
| Inclination (°) | 
57.6±5.8Ref | 
Inferior conj. of giant (JD) | 
2445560,2449917 | 
Mass function | 
0.013Ref | 
| Eclipses | 
YesRef | 
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Mass ratio | 
- | 
| Orbital ephemeris | 
- | 
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Cool component
| Spectral type | 
K3 IIIRef, K5 - M0 IIIRef,  K7 IIIRef, M0.3 IIIRef | 
Mass (M⊙) | 
- | 
Pulsation | 
Yes?Ref | 
| Eff. temperature (K) | 
4000Ref, 4300Ref,  3900Ref | 
Radius (R⊙) | 
40Ref | 
Type | 
SR?Ref | 
| IR type | 
SRef | 
Luminosity (L⊙) | 
380Ref, 220Ref | 
Pulsation period (days) | 
399Ref | 
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 
-1.15Ref, -0.93±0.06Ref | 
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Pulsation ephemeris | 
- | 
 
Hot component
| Type/Spectral type | 
WDRef | 
Mass (M⊙) | 
- | 
Spin period (min) | 
- | 
  | Shell-burning/Accreting-only | 
  shell-burningRef | 
Radius (R⊙) | 
0.037Ref | 
Accretion disk | 
- | 
  | Eff. temperature (K) | 
  110000Ref, 162000Ref | 
Luminosity (L⊙) | 
850Ref | 
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  | Lower limit (K) | 
  - | 
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| Upper limit (K) | 
- | 
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References
- Allen, D. A., 1980, MNRAS, 192, 521, 1980MNRAS.192..521A
 
- Henize, K. G., 1976, ApJS, 30, 491, 1976ApJS...30..491H
 
- Merc, J., Beck, P. G., Mathur, S. et al., 2023, arXiv, arXiv:2312.16126, 2023arXiv231216126M
 
- Mürset, U., Schmid, H. M., 1999, A&AS, 137, 473, 1999A&AS..137..473M
 
- Mürset, U., Wolff, B., Jordan, S., 1997, A&A, 319, 201, 1997A&A...319..201M
 
- Pereira, C. B., Roig, F., 2009, AJ, 137, 1, 118, 2009AJ....137..118P
 
- Schmid, H. M., Dumm, T., Murset, U. et al., 1998, A&A, 329, 986, 1998A&A...329..986S
 
- Schmid, H. M., Nussbaumer, H., 1993, A&A, 268, 159, 1993A&A...268..159S
 
- Schulte-Ladbeck, R. E., 1988, A&A, 189, 97, 1988A&A...189...97S
 
- Skopal, A., 2005, A&A, 440, 3, 995, 2005A&A...440..995S
 
 
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