Sa 3-43

CONFIRMED MILKY WAY

Constellation
Ophiucus

Equatorial coordinates
α = 17 17 55.775
δ = -30 01 42.629

Galactic coordinates
l = 355.7867°
b = 4.4474°

Suspected	1984^Ref
Confirmed	1992^Ref
Symbiotic IR type	S^Ref
Hot component type	shell-burning^Ref
Outbursts	-

Identifiers

Sa 3-43	IRAS -	GSC2.4.2 S8HO121700	AAVSO 000-BJT-831
SIMBAD PN Sa 3-43	Pan-STARRS 71962594824056097	SAO -	VSX 241035
GAIA DR3 4059208981986040192	SkyMapper 171755.78-300142.4	WRAY -	GCVS -
2MASS J17175578-3001425	HIP -	Hen -	BD -
WISE J171755.77-300142.5	TYC -	ESO -	HD -

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954)	-	Allen (1984)	Sa3-43 (Susp.)	Belzcyński et al. (2001)	Sa 3-43 (Conf.)
Gaposchkin (1957)	-	Kenyon (1986)	Sa 3-43 (Susp.)	Akras et al. (2019)	PN Sa 3-43 (Conf.)
Boyarchuk (1969)	-	Vaidis (1988, 1991)	Sa 3-43 (Conf.)

Position

Right ascension (°)	259.4824^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.197±0.023^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	0.96±0.03^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-30.0285^Ref	Distance (kpc)	3.96^Ref ^{, Note}, 3.88^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	355.7867^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-4.41±0.03^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	4.4474^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-5.22±0.02^Ref

Observations

X-Ray	No^Ref	IR type	S^Ref	Radio	No^Ref
X-Ray type	-	J (mag)	9.48^Ref	Flickering	-
GALEX FUV (mag)	-	H (mag)	8.23^Ref	Outbursts	-
GALEX NUV (mag)	-	K (mag)	7.84^Ref	Outburst type	-
IUE	No^Ref	WISE W1 (mag)	7.54^Ref	Jets	-
FUSE	No^Ref	WISE W2 (mag)	7.51^Ref	Resolved nebula	-
U (mag)	-	WISE W3 (mag)	7.28^Ref	IPmax (eV)	54.4^Ref
B (mag)	17.13^Ref	WISE W4 (mag)	6.77^Ref	[O III] lines	No^Ref
V (mag)	14.95^Ref	IRAS 12μm (Jy)	-	He II lines	Yes^Ref
R (mag)	13.84^Ref	IRAS 25μm (Jy)	-	[Fe VII] lines	No^Ref
I (mag)	11.62^Ref	IRAS 60μm (Jy)	-	O VI lines	No^Ref
BP (mag)	15.13^Ref	IRAS 100μm (Jy)	-
G (mag)	13.24^Ref	AKARI S09 (Jy)	-
RP (mag)	11.94^Ref	AKARI S18 (Jy)	-

Orbit

Orbital period (days)	-	γ velocity (km/h)	-69.84±1.07^Ref	Size of giant’s orbit (AU)	-
Eccentricity	-	RV of giant (km/h)	-	Separation (AU)	-
Inclination (°)	-	Inferior conj. of giant (JD)	-	Mass function	-
Eclipses	-			Mass ratio	-
Orbital ephemeris	-

Cool component

Spectral type	M0^Ref	Mass (M_⊙)	-	Pulsation	-
Eff. temperature (K)	-	Radius (R_⊙)	-	Type	-
IR type	S^Ref	Luminosity (L_⊙)	-	Pulsation period (days)	-
Metallicity [Fe/H]	-			Pulsation ephemeris	-

Hot component

Type/Spectral type	-	Mass (M_⊙)	-	Spin period (min)	-
Shell-burning/Accreting-only	shell-burning^Ref	Radius (R_⊙)	-	Accretion disk	-
Eff. temperature (K)	92000^Ref	Luminosity (L_⊙)	-
Lower limit (K)	-
Upper limit (K)	86000^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

Suspected by Allen (1984), it was later confirmed to be a symbiotic star based on spectroscopic observations, as reported in Gutiérrez-Moreno et al. (1992).

References

Allen, D. A., 1984, PASA, 5, 3, 369, 1984PASA....5..369A
Gutiérrez-Moreno, A., Moreno, H., Cortes, G., 1992, PASP, 104, 1187, 1992PASP..104.1187G

Last updated: December 1, 2021