HD 138403

Constellation
Apus

Equatorial coordinates
α = 15 37 11.195
δ = -71 54 52.954

Galactic coordinates
l = 315.1080°
b = -13.0813°

Suspected	1974^Ref
Re-classified	1977^Ref
Type	low excitation PN^Ref

Identifiers

HD 138403	IRAS 15318-7144	GSC2.4.2 S7U5000725	AAVSO 000-BCY-214
SIMBAD HD 138403	Pan-STARRS -	SAO 257300	VSX 58772
GAIA DR3 5794858077215766656	SkyMapper 153711.20-715452.9	WRAY 15-1329	GCVS -
2MASS J15371125-7154527	HIP -	Hen 2-131	BD -
WISE J153711.19-715452.6	TYC 9268-1676-1	ESO 68-8	HD 138403

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 (°)	234.2966^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.368±0.030^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	0.13±0.01^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-71.9147^Ref	Distance (kpc)	2.58^Ref ^{, Note}, 2.55^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	315.1080^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-3.50±0.03^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	-13.0813^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-4.16±0.03^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

Allen & Glass (1974) proposed that this southern PN exhibits infrared luminosity indicative of a continuum similar to that observed in symbiotic and VV Cephei stars.

References

Allen, D. A., Glass, I. S., 1974, MNRAS, 167, 337, 1974MNRAS.167..337A
Hutton, R. G., Mendez, R. H., 1993, A&A, 267, L8, 1993A&A...267L...8H
Koelbloed, D., 1962, BAN, 16, 163, 1962BAN....16..163K
Thackeray, A. D., 1977, MNRAS, 180, 95, 1977MNRAS.180...95T