AS 314

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V452 Scuti
V452SctLightCurve.png
A visual band light curve for V452 Scuti, plotted from OMC data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Scutum
Right ascension 18h 39m 26.10612s [2]
Declination −13° 50′ 47.1892″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)9.85 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type Protoplanetary nebula [4]
U−B color index +0.12 [3]
B−V color index +0.89 [3]
Variable type cLBV [5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−77±8 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: -4.416 [6]   mas/yr
Dec.: -6.241 [6]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.5853 ± 0.0141  mas [6]
Distance 5,600 ± 100  ly
(1,710 ± 40  pc)
Details
Luminosity 3200 [4]   L☉
Temperature 10,200 [7]   K
Other designations
V452  Sct, BD -13°5061, HIP  91477, 2MASS  J18392610-1350470
Database references
SIMBAD data

AS 314, also known as V452 Scuti, is a protoplanetary nebula [4] once believed to be a white hypergiant star or luminous blue variable located in the constellation of Scutum. It has an apparent magnitude of 9.85 and can be seen with small telescopes.

Characteristics

AS 314 was poorly studied until the year 2000, when Miroshnichenko et al. incorrectly estimated a distance for this star of around 10 kiloparsecs (32,600 light years), a luminosity 160,000 times that of Sun (L☉), a radius 200 times the solar radius (R☉), and an initial mass of 20 solar masses (M☉). It was also estimated to be losing 2 × 10−5  M☉ each year (in other words, 1 M☉ every 50,000 years) through a very strong stellar wind. [8]

AS 314 has an infrared excess, suggesting that it is shrouded in a circumstellar envelope of dust. [8] [9] However, it has not been classified as a bona fide luminous blue variable, but as a candidate. [5]

The Hipparcos parallax and proper motions are large and imply a much closer, and hence less luminous, star. [2] The Hipparcos measurement was later confirmed by the Gaia mission, [6] reclassifying AS 314 as post-AGB star. [4]

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