GaSS 1-3
        
      
        
  
    
    
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Constellation 
Pictor | 
Equatorial coordinates 
α = 06 22 21.176 
δ =  -59 39 26.863 | 
Galactic coordinates 
l = 268.7885°  
b = -26.7711°  | 
 
  
| Suspected | 
2021Ref | 
 
| Confirmed | 
- | 
 
| Symbiotic IR type | 
S?Ref | 
 
| Hot component type | 
accreting-only?Ref | 
 
| Outbursts | 
- | 
 
 
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  Symbiotic Catalogs
  
| Bidelman (1954) | 
- | 
Allen (1984) | 
- | 
Belzcyński et al. (2001) | 
- | 
| Gaposchkin (1957) | 
- | 
Kenyon (1986) | 
- | 
Akras et al. (2019) | 
- | 
| Boyarchuk (1969) | 
- | 
Vaidis (1988, 1991) | 
- | 
   
  
  
Position
| Right ascension (°) | 
95.5882Ref | 
Parallax (mas) | 
0.122±0.010Ref | 
Reddening E(B-V) (mag) | 
0.04±0.0Ref, Note | 
| Declination (°) | 
-59.6575Ref | 
Distance (kpc) | 
8.2Ref 8.19Ref, Note, 7.90Ref, Note | 
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| Galactic longitude (°) | 
268.7885Ref | 
Proper motion in α (mas/yr) | 
2.53±0.01Ref | 
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| Galactic latitude (°) | 
-26.7711Ref | 
Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) | 
2.13±0.02Ref | 
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Observations
  
     | X-Ray | 
     YesRef | 
     IR type | 
     S?Ref | 
     Radio | 
     - | 
   
   
     | X-Ray type | 
     - | 
     J (mag) | 
     9.81Ref | 
     Flickering | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | GALEX FUV (mag) | 
     - | 
     H (mag) | 
     9.03Ref | 
     Outbursts | 
     - | 
   
   
     | GALEX NUV (mag) | 
     - | 
     K (mag) | 
     8.83Ref | 
     Outburst type | 
     - | 
   
   
     | IUE | 
     NoRef | 
     WISE W1 (mag) | 
     8.75Ref | 
     Jets | 
     - | 
   
   
     | FUSE | 
     NoRef | 
     WISE W2 (mag) | 
     8.81Ref | 
     Resolved nebula | 
     - | 
   
   
     | U (mag) | 
     - | 
     WISE W3 (mag) | 
     8.64Ref | 
     IPmax (eV) | 
     13.6Ref | 
   
   
     | B (mag) | 
     14.04Ref | 
     WISE W4 (mag) | 
     8.33Ref | 
     [O III] lines | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | V (mag) | 
     12.52Ref | 
     IRAS 12μm (Jy) | 
     - | 
     He II lines | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | R (mag) | 
     12.10Ref | 
     IRAS 25μm (Jy) | 
     - | 
     [Fe VII] lines | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | I (mag) | 
     - | 
     IRAS 60μm (Jy) | 
     - | 
     O VI lines | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | BP (mag) | 
     12.76Ref | 
     IRAS 100μm (Jy) | 
     - | 
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     | G (mag) | 
     11.92Ref | 
     AKARI S09 (Jy) | 
     - | 
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     | RP (mag) | 
     11.03Ref | 
     AKARI S18 (Jy) | 
     - | 
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Orbit
| Orbital period (days) | 
- | 
γ velocity (km/h) | 
285.15±0.30Ref | 
Size of giant’s orbit (AU) | 
- | 
| Eccentricity | 
- | 
RV of giant (km/h) | 
- | 
Separation (AU) | 
- | 
| Inclination (°) | 
- | 
Inferior conj. of giant (JD) | 
- | 
Mass function | 
- | 
| Eclipses | 
- | 
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Mass ratio | 
- | 
| Orbital ephemeris | 
- | 
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Cool component
| Spectral type | 
M0Ref | 
Mass (M⊙) | 
- | 
Pulsation | 
- | 
| Eff. temperature (K) | 
- | 
Radius (R⊙) | 
- | 
Type | 
- | 
| IR type | 
S?Ref | 
Luminosity (L⊙) | 
- | 
Pulsation period (days) | 
- | 
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 
- | 
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Pulsation ephemeris | 
- | 
 
Hot component
| Type/Spectral type | 
- | 
Mass (M⊙) | 
- | 
Spin period (min) | 
- | 
  | Shell-burning/Accreting-only | 
  accreting-only?Ref | 
Radius (R⊙) | 
- | 
Accretion disk | 
- | 
  | Eff. temperature (K) | 
  - | 
Luminosity (L⊙) | 
- | 
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  | Lower limit (K) | 
  - | 
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| Upper limit (K) | 
- | 
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Notes
Candidate for the accreting-only symbiotic star selected from the GALAH high-resolution spectroscopic survey (Munari et al., 2021).
 
References
- Munari, U., Traven, G., Masetti, N. et al., 2021, MNRAS, 505, 4, 6121, 2021MNRAS.505.6121M
 
 
Last updated: August 21, 2021