Hen 2-379

MISCLASSIFIED MILKY WAY
 
Constellation
Sagittarius
Equatorial coordinates
α = 18 16 17.336
δ = -27 04 33.000
Galactic coordinates
l = 4.9705°
b = -4.9617°

Suspected 2000Ref
Re-classified 2013Ref
Type PNRef

Identifiers

Hen 2-379 IRAS 18131-2705 GSC2.4.2 S9TR228551 AAVSO 000-BJT-867
SIMBAD PN M 1-44 Pan-STARRS 75502740723078866 SAO - VSX 241107
GAIA DR3 4052553745477004928 SkyMapper - WRAY 16-399 GCVS -
2MASS - HIP - Hen 2-379 BD -
WISE J181617.34-270433.0 TYC - ESO 522-11 HD -

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954) - Allen (1984) - Belzcyński et al. (2001) Hen 2-379 (Susp.)
Gaposchkin (1957) - Kenyon (1986) - Akras et al. (2019) Hen 2-379 (Susp.)
Boyarchuk (1969) - Vaidis (1988, 1991) -

Position

Right ascension (°) 274.0722Ref Parallax (mas) 0.125±0.252Ref Reddening E(B-V) (mag) 0.4±0.03Ref, Note
Declination (°) -27.0758Ref Distance (kpc) 5.92Ref, Note
-, Note
   
Galactic longitude (°) 4.9705Ref Proper motion in α (mas/yr) 2.39±0.56Ref    
Galactic latitude (°) -4.9617Ref Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) -1.36±0.48Ref    

Links

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Notes

Initially suspected based on the spectrum revealing a cool giant of G-K spectral type and emission lines with ionization potential up to 35.1 eV (Belczyński et al., 2000). However, the physical association between the giant and the nebula, the source of emission lines, was questioned by the same study (Belczyński et al., 2000). The superposition was subsequently confirmed by Miszalski et al. (2013), leading to the reclassification of the object as a PN. This reclassification is not reflected in the catalog of Akras et al. (2019).


References

  • Akras, S., Guzman-Ramirez, L., Leal-Ferreira, M. L. et al., 2019, ApJS, 240, 2, 21, 2019ApJS..240...21A
  • Belczyński, K., Mikołajewska, J., Munari, U. et al., 2000, A&AS, 146, 407, 2000A&AS..146..407B
  • Miszalski, B., Mikołajewska, J., Udalski, A., 2013, MNRAS, 432, 4, 3186, 2013MNRAS.432.3186M


Last updated: August 20, 2021