A light curve for V884 Scorpii. The main plot, from TESS data, [1] shows the variation over several orbital periods. The inset plot, adapted from van Paradijs et al. (1984), [2] shows the average variation as a function of orbit phase. | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Scorpius |
Right ascension | 17h 03m 56.77256s [3] |
Declination | −37° 50′ 38.9133″ [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.51 (- 6.57) - 6.60 [4] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | O6Iafcp [5] |
U−B color index | −0.727 [6] |
B−V color index | +0.253 [6] |
Variable type | Ellipsoidal + HMXB [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −75.00±7.4 [7] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 2.414 [3] mas/yr Dec.: 5.022 [3] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 0.6327 ± 0.0259 mas [3] |
Distance | 5,200 ± 200 ly (1,580 ± 60 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −6.52 [8] |
Orbit [9] | |
Period (P) | 3.4118 ± 0.0001 d |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.17±0.06 |
Periastron epoch (T) | JD 2443702.62±0.21 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (primary) | 54±24° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 10.06 ± 0.66 km/s |
Details [10] | |
O star | |
Mass | 58±11 M☉ |
Radius | 21.9+1.3 −0.5 R☉ |
Luminosity | 660,000 L☉ |
Temperature | 35,000±1,000 K |
X-ray object | |
Mass | 2.44±0.27 M☉ |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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