HD 101584

HD 101584 is a suspected post-common envelope binary about 1800 to 5900 light-years distant in the constellation of Centaurus.[2][3] The system is bright at optical wavelengths with an apparent visual magnitude of about 7. The primary is either a post-AGB star, but more likely a post-RGB star. The secondary is a red dwarf or possibly a low-luminosity white dwarf, which orbits the primary every 150-200 days. The system is surrounded by a slowly rotating circumbinary disk, probably with a face-on orientation towards the solar system and a size of about 150 astronomical units.[2]

HD 101584

HD 101584 seen by ALMA. The blue component moves towards the observer and the red component moves away from the observer. The green component has the same speed as the binary system, seen as a green point source in the middle.
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Olofsson et al.
Acknowledgement: Robert Cumming
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension  11h 40m 58.80523s
Declination −55° 34′ 25.8132″
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.01
Characteristics
Spectral type A6Ia[1]
Other designations
IRAS 11385-5517, V885 Centauri, HIP 56992, 2MASS J11405880-5534258
Database references
SIMBADdata

Nebula

The Hubble Space Telescope image shows a diffuse circumstellar environment with a circular ring around HD 101584. ALMA mapped the nebula around HD 101584 and was able to map the region close to the central binary. The nebula consists of a central compact source, an equatorial density enhancement, a high-velocity bipolar outflow and an hourglass structure surrounding the outflow. The outflow reaches a maximum velocity of about 150 km/s and is inclined to the line of sight by 10+10
−5°. There is evidence for a second bipolar outflow with a different orientation from the major outflow.[2]

Evolution

The companion of this system was captured a few hundred years ago, for example when the red giant reached its critical size. It spiralled towards the red giant but stopped before it merged with the core of the primary. During this stage the outer layers of the red giant were ejected. During the common envelope phase the red giant phase of the primary was terminated and the core was revealed.[2] Later the bipolar jets formed and met the ejected material, forming the hourglass shaped structure.[3]

  • HD 101584 and the surrounding nebula, seen by Hubble

References
  1. Sivarani, T.; Parthasarathy, M.; García-Lario, P.; Manchado, A.; Pottasch, S. R. (June 1999). "Spectroscopy of the post-AGB star HD 101584 (IRAS 11385-5517)". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 137: 505–519. arXiv:astro-ph/9907310. Bibcode:1999A&AS..137..505S. doi:10.1051/aas:1999259. ISSN 0365-0138.
  2. Olofsson, H.; Khouri, T.; Maercker, M.; Bergman, P.; Doan, L.; Tafoya, D.; Vlemmings, W. H. T.; Humphreys, E. M. L.; Lindqvist, M.; Nyman, L.; Ramstedt, S. (March 2019). "HD 101584: circumstellar characteristics and evolutionary status". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 623: A153. arXiv:1902.02153. Bibcode:2019A&A...623A.153O. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834897. ISSN 0004-6361.
  3. "ALMA catches beautiful outcome of stellar fight". Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.
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