Hen 3-1383

MISCLASSIFIED MILKY WAY

Constellation
Scorpius

Equatorial coordinates
α = 17 20 31.754
δ = -33 09 48.968

Galactic coordinates
l = 353.5275°
b = 2.2005°

Suspected	1976^Ref
Re-classified	2012^Ref
Type	LBV^Ref

Identifiers

Hen 3-1383	IRAS 17172-3306	GSC2.4.2 S8GL000308	AAVSO 000-BJT-861
SIMBAD THA 10-15	Pan-STARRS -	SAO -	VSX 241095
GAIA DR3 5979217486808094720	SkyMapper -	WRAY 15-1680	GCVS -
2MASS J17203175-3309490	HIP -	Hen 3-1383	BD -
WISE J172031.75-330949.1	TYC 7366-1210-1	ESO -	HD -

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954)	-	Allen (1984)	-	Belzcyński et al. (2001)	Hen 3-1383 (Susp.)
Gaposchkin (1957)	-	Kenyon (1986)	-	Akras et al. (2019)	Hen 3-1383 (Susp.)
Boyarchuk (1969)	-	Vaidis (1988, 1991)	VDS 74 (Susp.)

Position

Right ascension (°)	260.1323^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.209±0.070^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	3.0±0.21^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-33.1636^Ref	Distance (kpc)	5.50^Ref ^{, Note}, 5.96^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	353.5275^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-4.64±0.08^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	2.2005^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-2.71±0.05^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

Suspected in Henize (1976) and included in the list of suspected symbiotic stars by Belczyński et al. (2000), this star's classification was contested by Gvaramadze et al. (2012), suggesting that it might be an LBV.

References

Belczyński, K., Mikołajewska, J., Munari, U. et al., 2000, A&AS, 146, 407, 2000A&AS..146..407B
Gvaramadze, V. V., Kniazev, A. Y., Miroshnichenko, A. S. et al., 2012, MNRAS, 421, 4, 3325, 2012MNRAS.421.3325G
Henize, K. G., 1976, ApJS, 30, 491, 1976ApJS...30..491H

Last updated: June 1, 2021