AH Scorpii

AH Scorpii (abbreviated to AH Sco) is a red supergiant variable star located in the constellation Scorpius. It is one of the largest stars known by radius and is also one of the most luminous red supergiant stars in the Milky Way.

AH Scorpii
Location of AH Sco
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Scorpius
Right ascension  17h 11m 17.02114s[1]
Declination −32° 19′ 30.7132″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.5 - 9.6[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4-5 Ia-Iab[3]
B−V color index +2.57[4]
Variable type SRc[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−13.40 ± 2.4[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −4.999±0.433[6] mas/yr
Dec.: −2.041±0.282[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.7338 ± 0.2216[6] mas
Distance7,400±620 ly
(2,260±190[7] pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−5.8[8]
Details
Mass10[7] M☉
Radius(320 -)[9] 1,411[4] R☉
Luminosity(13,200 -)[9] 330,000[4] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)−0.5[4] cgs
Temperature3,450[9] - 3,682[4] K
Other designations
AH Sco, AN 223.1907, GSC 07365-00527, HD 155161, HIP 84071, CD−32°12429, 2MASS J17111702-3219308, IRC−30282, IRAS 17080-3215, RAFGL 1927, AAVSO 1704-32
Database references
SIMBADdata

Distance

The distance of AH Scorpii is considered to be uncertain. VLBI measurements of the masers have provided an accurate distance of 2,260 parsecs based on observation of SiO, H2O, and OH masers in its oxygen-rich circumstellar material. The masers were observed to be approaching the star at 13 km/s, indicating overall contraction at around phase 0.55 of the visual variations.[7] AH Scorpii has a parallax of 1.7338±0.2216 mas in Gaia Data Release 2, but that value is considered unreliable due to a very high level of astrometric noise.[6] Parallax values from the Hipparcos mission are negative and have relatively large statistical margins of error.[1]

Characteristics

AH Scorpii is a dust-enshrouded red supergiant[10] and is classified as a semiregular variable star with a main period of 714 days. The total visual magnitude range is 6.5 - 9.6.[2] No long secondary periods have been detected.[11] Modelling of AH Scorpii near maximum light has determined an effective temperature of 3,682±190 K and a luminosity of 330,000+270,000
−150,000 L☉. A radius of 1,411±124 R☉ was determined from an angular diameter of 5.81±0.15 mas and the given distance of 2.26±0.19 kpc.[4]

See also

References
  1. Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  2. Kiss, L. L.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Bedding, T. R. (2006). "Variability in red supergiant stars: Pulsations, long secondary periods and convection noise". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 372 (4): 1721. arXiv:astro-ph/0608438. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.372.1721K. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10973.x.
  3. Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/gcvs. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S. 1. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
  4. Arroyo-Torres, B.; Wittkowski, M.; Marcaide, J. M.; Hauschildt, P. H. (2013). "The atmospheric structure and fundamental parameters of the red supergiants AH Scorpii, UY Scuti, and KW Sagittarii". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 554: A76. arXiv:1305.6179. Bibcode:2013A&A...554A..76A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220920.
  5. Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065.
  6. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  7. Chen, Xi; Shen, Zhi-Qiang (2008). "VLBI Observations of SiO Masers around AH Scorpii". The Astrophysical Journal. 681 (2): 1574–1583. arXiv:0803.1690. Bibcode:2008ApJ...681.1574C. doi:10.1086/588186.
  8. Baudry, A.; Le Squeren, A. M.; Lepine, J. R. D. (1977). "The supergiant OH stars S Per and AH SCO - Conditions for OH emission in circumstellar envelopes". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 54: 593. Bibcode:1977A&A....54..593B.
  9. Messineo, M.; Brown, A. G. A. (2019). "A Catalog of Known Galactic K-M Stars of Class I Candidate Red Supergiants in Gaia DR2". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (1): 20. arXiv:1905.03744. Bibcode:2019AJ....158...20M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab1cbd.
  10. Van Loon, J. Th.; Cioni, M.-R. L.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Loup, C. (2005). "An empirical formula for the mass-loss rates of dust-enshrouded red supergiants and oxygen-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 438: 273. arXiv:astro-ph/0504379. Bibcode:2005A&A...438..273V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042555.
  11. Percy, John R.; Sato, Hiromitsu (2009). "Long Secondary Periods in Pulsating Red Supergiant Stars". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 103: 11. Bibcode:2009JRASC.103...11P.
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