V455 Sco
        
      
        
  
    
    
    CONFIRMED
    MILKY WAY  
    
Constellation 
Scorpius | 
Equatorial coordinates 
α = 17 07 21.733 
δ =  -34 05 14.508 | 
Galactic coordinates 
l = 351.1737°  
b = 3.8860°  | 
 
  
| Suspected | 
1950Ref | 
 
| Confirmed | 
1978Ref | 
 
| Symbiotic IR type | 
SRef | 
 
| Hot component type | 
shell-burningRef | 
 
| Outbursts | 
- | 
 
 
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  Symbiotic Catalogs
  
| Bidelman (1954) | 
V455 Sco (Conf.) | 
Allen (1984) | 
V455 Sco (Conf.) | 
Belzcyński et al. (2001) | 
V455 Sco (Conf.) | 
| Gaposchkin (1957) | 
V455 Sco (Conf.) | 
Kenyon (1986) | 
V455 Sco (Conf.) | 
Akras et al. (2019) | 
V455 Sco (Conf.) | 
| Boyarchuk (1969) | 
V 455 Sco (Susp.) | 
Vaidis (1988, 1991) | 
V455 Sco (Conf.) | 
   
  
  
Position
| Right ascension (°) | 
256.8406Ref | 
Parallax (mas) | 
0.378±0.040Ref | 
Reddening E(B-V) (mag) | 
0.67±0.02Ref, Note | 
| Declination (°) | 
-34.0874Ref | 
Distance (kpc) | 
5Ref, 2.8Ref,  4.3Ref 2.72Ref, Note, 2.47Ref, Note | 
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| Galactic longitude (°) | 
351.1737Ref | 
Proper motion in α (mas/yr) | 
-0.91±0.04Ref | 
  | 
  | 
| Galactic latitude (°) | 
3.8860Ref | 
Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) | 
-4.43±0.03Ref | 
  | 
  | 
 
  
  
Observations
  
     | X-Ray | 
     NoRef | 
     IR type | 
     SRef | 
     Radio | 
     YesRef | 
   
   
     | X-Ray type | 
     - | 
     J (mag) | 
     7.54Ref | 
     Flickering | 
     NoRef | 
   
   
     | GALEX FUV (mag) | 
     - | 
     H (mag) | 
     6.47Ref | 
     Outbursts | 
     - | 
   
   
     | GALEX NUV (mag) | 
     - | 
     K (mag) | 
     5.96Ref | 
     Outburst type | 
     - | 
   
   
     | IUE | 
     NoRef | 
     WISE W1 (mag) | 
     5.76Ref | 
     Jets | 
     - | 
   
   
     | FUSE | 
     NoRef | 
     WISE W2 (mag) | 
     5.73Ref | 
     Resolved nebula | 
     Yes?Ref | 
   
   
     | U (mag) | 
     - | 
     WISE W3 (mag) | 
     5.21Ref | 
     IPmax (eV) | 
     114Ref | 
   
   
     | B (mag) | 
     - | 
     WISE W4 (mag) | 
     3.27Ref | 
     [O III] lines | 
     YesRef | 
   
   
     | V (mag) | 
     14.00Ref | 
     IRAS 12μm (Jy) | 
     1.23Ref | 
     He II lines | 
     YesRef | 
   
   
     | R (mag) | 
     - | 
     IRAS 25μm (Jy) | 
     1.54Ref | 
     [Fe VII] lines | 
     YesRef | 
   
   
     | I (mag) | 
     - | 
     IRAS 60μm (Jy) | 
     0.70Ref | 
     O VI lines | 
     YesRef | 
   
   
     | BP (mag) | 
     13.51Ref | 
     IRAS 100μm (Jy) | 
     7.56Ref | 
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     | G (mag) | 
     12.03Ref | 
     AKARI S09 (Jy) | 
     0.38Ref | 
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     | RP (mag) | 
     10.70Ref | 
     AKARI S18 (Jy) | 
     0.36Ref | 
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Orbit
| Orbital period (days) | 
1419±32Ref, 1397.8±5.9Ref | 
γ velocity (km/h) | 
-77.90±0.23Ref | 
Size of giant’s orbit (AU) | 
1.02Ref | 
| Eccentricity | 
0Ref, 0Ref | 
RV of giant (km/h) | 
7.93±0.32Ref | 
Separation (AU) | 
- | 
| Inclination (°) | 
93.6±2.3Ref, 94.3±1.4Ref | 
Inferior conj. of giant (JD) | 
2452991 | 
Mass function | 
0.0724Ref | 
| Eclipses | 
- | 
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Mass ratio | 
2.8Ref | 
| Orbital ephemeris | 
- | 
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Cool component
| Spectral type | 
M6 IIIRef, M6 IIIRef,  M1 IIIRef, M6.5 IIIRef | 
Mass (M⊙) | 
1.1Ref, 1.12Ref | 
Pulsation | 
- | 
| Eff. temperature (K) | 
3235Ref, 3200Ref | 
Radius (R⊙) | 
207±28Ref | 
Type | 
- | 
| IR type | 
SRef | 
Luminosity (L⊙) | 
4550Ref | 
Pulsation period (days) | 
- | 
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 
0.36±0.09Ref | 
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Pulsation ephemeris | 
- | 
 
Hot component
| Type/Spectral type | 
WDRef | 
Mass (M⊙) | 
0.6Ref | 
Spin period (min) | 
- | 
  | Shell-burning/Accreting-only | 
  shell-burningRef | 
Radius (R⊙) | 
- | 
Accretion disk | 
- | 
  | Eff. temperature (K) | 
  160000Ref | 
Luminosity (L⊙) | 
930Ref, 2000Ref | 
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  | Lower limit (K) | 
  114000Ref | 
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| Upper limit (K) | 
- | 
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- Allen, D. A., 1980, MNRAS, 192, 521, 1980MNRAS.192..521A
 
- Bond, H. E., 1976, PASP, 88, 192, 1976PASP...88..192B
 
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- Mikołajewska, J., Acker, A., Stenholm, B., 1997, A&A, 327, 191, 1997A&A...327..191M
 
- Mürset, U., Schmid, H. M., 1999, A&AS, 137, 473, 1999A&AS..137..473M
 
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- Wallerstein, G., 1986, A&A, 163, 337, 1986A&A...163..337W
 
 
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