HD 49798

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HD 49798
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 06h 48m 04.69996s [1]
Declination −44° 18′ 58.4377″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)8.287 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type sdO6p
U−B color index −1.259 [2]
B−V color index −0.270 [2]
Variable type HMXB [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)12.10 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −4.73 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: 5.39 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.20 ± 0.50  mas [1]
Distance 650 [3]   pc
Orbit [3]
Period (P)1.55 days
Eccentricity (e)0.0
Inclination (i)82°
Details
sdO5.5 [5]
Mass 1.50 [3]   M☉
Radius 1.45 [6]   R☉
Luminosity 3,943 [6]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.25 [6]   cgs
Temperature 47,500 [6]   K
WD
Mass 1.28 [3]   M☉
Radius 1,600 [7]   km
Temperature 225,000 [7]   K
Other designations
HD 49798, CD-44°2920, SAO 218207, HIP 32602, AAVSO 0645-44
Database references
SIMBAD data

HD 49798 is a binary star in the constellation Puppis about 650 parsecs (circa 2119 light-years) from Earth. It has an apparent magnitude of 8.3, making it one of the brightest known O class subdwarf stars. [8]

HD 49798 was discovered in 1964 to be a rare hydrogen-deficient O class subdwarf, and was the brightest known at the time. [9] This was identified as a binary star, but the companion could not be detected visually or spectroscopically. [10]

The X-ray source RX J0648.0-4418 was discovered close to HD 49798's location in the sky. Only the space telescope XMM-Newton was able to identify the source. It is a white dwarf with about 1.3 solar masses, in orbit about HD 49798 and rotating once every 13 seconds. [11] This is detected from the 13-second X-ray pulse, which results from the stellar wind accreting onto the compact object. [8] It has been proposed that the white dwarf is surrounded by a debris disk. In this model, the material of the disk would be funneled onto the poles of the dwarf via the magnetic field, which would explain the observed X-ray pulses. [8] This system is considered a likely candidate to explode as a type Ia supernova within a few thousand years. [12] [13]

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