Orion OB1

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Orion OB1
Orion OB1 & 25 Ori Group.png
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Orion
Right ascension 05h 36m [1]
Declination −01° 12 [1]
Mean distance 1040-1630 ly (320-500 pc [1] )
Physical characteristics
Age~10 [2]   Myr
Mass>8.0×103 [2]   M
See also: Stellar association, Moving groups

Orion OB1 (Ori OB1) is a contingent group of several dozen hot giant stars of spectral types O and B in Orion. Associated are thousands of lower-mass stars, and a (smaller but significant) number of protostars. It is part of the larger Orion molecular cloud complex. Owing to its relative closeness and complexity it is the most closely studied OB association. [1]

The Orion OB1 consists of the following subgroups: [1] [3]

Signatures of stellar debris disk evolution have been detected in the 1a and 1b subgroups. [8] [9]     

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Brown, A. G. A.; de Geus, E. J.; de Zeeuw, P. T. (September 1994). "The Orion OB1 association. 1: Stellar content". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 289 (1): 101–120. arXiv: astro-ph/9403051 . Bibcode:1994A&A...289..101B. ISSN   0004-6361.
  2. 1 2 Briceño, César; Calvet, Nuria; Hernández, Jesús; Vivas, A. Katherina; Mateu, Cecilia; Downes, Juan José; Loerincs, Jaqueline; Pérez-Blanco, Alice; Berlind, Perry; Espaillat, Catherine; Allen, Lori; Hartmann, Lee; Mateo, Mario; Bailey, John I. III (30 January 2019). "The CIDA Variability Survey of Orion OB1. II Demographics of the Young, Low-mass Stellar Populations". The Astronomical Journal. 157 (2): 85. arXiv: 1805.01008 . Bibcode:2019AJ....157...85B. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/aaf79b . ISSN   1538-3881. S2CID   119085444.
  3. Blaauw, Adriaan (1964). "The O Associations in the Solar Neighborhood". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 2 (1): 213–246. Bibcode:1964ARA&A...2..213B. doi:10.1146/annurev.aa.02.090164.001241.
  4. Briceño, César; Hartmann, Lee; Hernández, Jesús; Calvet, Núria; et al. (June 2007). "25 Orionis: A Kinematically Distinct 10 Myr Old Group in Orion OB1a". The Astronomical Journal. 661 (2): 1119–1128. arXiv: astro-ph/0701710 . Bibcode:2007ApJ...661.1119B. doi:10.1086/513087. S2CID   118950935.
  5. Harper, Graham M.; Brown, Alexander; Guinan, Edward F. (April 2008). "A New VLA-Hipparcos Distance to Betelgeuse and its Implications". The Astronomical Journal. 135 (4): 1430–40. Bibcode:2008AJ....135.1430H. doi: 10.1088/0004-6256/135/4/1430 .
  6. Warren, W. H. Jr.; Hesser, J. E. (June 1977). "A photometric study of the Orion OB 1 association. I - Observational data". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 34: 115–206. Bibcode:1977ApJS...34..115W. doi:10.1086/190446.
  7. Warren, W. H. Jr.; Hesser, J. E. (April 1978). "A photometric study of the Orion OB 1 association. III - Subgroup analyses". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 36: 497–572. Bibcode:1978ApJS...36..497W. doi:10.1086/190510.
  8. N. Calvet et al., The Astronomical Journal 129:935–946 (2005)
  9. J. Hernandez et al., Astrophys. J. 652:472-481 (2006)