LQ Sgr

MISCLASSIFIED MILKY WAY

Constellation
Sagittarius

Equatorial coordinates
α = 18 28 28.910
δ = -27 55 19.274

Galactic coordinates
l = 5.4636°
b = -7.7521°

Suspected	1994^Ref
Re-classified	1995^Ref
Type	single Mira^Ref

Identifiers

LQ Sgr	IRAS 18253-2757	GSC2.4.2 S9T4583037	AAVSO 000-BCX-002
SIMBAD IRAS 18253-2757	Pan-STARRS 74492771206123964	SAO -	VSX 27965
GAIA DR3 4051609746132911360	SkyMapper 182828.94-275518.9	WRAY -	GCVS LQ Sgr
2MASS J18282891-2755191	HIP -	Hen -	BD -
WISE J182828.87-275519.2	TYC -	ESO -	HD -

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 (°)	277.1205^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.203±0.112^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	0.35±0.01^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-27.9220^Ref	Distance (kpc)	5.65^Ref ^{, Note} -^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	5.4636^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-4.20±0.13^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	-7.7521^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-6.17±0.10^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

Suggested to be a symbiotic nova by Zhao et al. (1994), Bragaglia et al. (1995) contradicted this claim, stating that it was only an ordinary Mira in the maximum.

References

Bragaglia, A., Duerbeck, H. W., Munari, U. et al., 1995, A&A, 297, 759, 1995A&A...297..759B
Zhao, P., Mcclintock, J. E., Landolt, A. U., 1994, IAUC, 6018, 1, 1994IAUC.6018....1Z

Last updated: April 30, 2022