Light curves for V356 Sagittarii, in three photometric bands. Plotted from data published by Wilson and Woodward (1995). [1] | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Sagittarius |
Right ascension | 18h 47m 52.331s [2] |
Declination | −20° 16′ 28.24″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.84 Min I: 7.66 Min II: 7.24 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B3V + A2II [4] |
B−V color index | 0.120±0.029 [5] |
Variable type | Detached Algol(?) [3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 7.0±4.4 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +0.525 mas/yr [2] Dec.: −4.847 mas/yr [2] |
Parallax (π) | 1.4783 ± 0.0289 mas [2] |
Distance | 2,210 ± 40 ly (680 ± 10 pc) |
Orbit [6] | |
Period (P) | 8.896106 d |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.01566±0.01360 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 288.71851±0.42683° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 72.17896±1.25080 km/s |
Semi-amplitude (K2) (secondary) | 190 km/s |
Details | |
Primary | |
Mass | 11.0 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 9.07 [7] R☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.96±0.10 [4] cgs |
Temperature | 16,500±750 [4] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 350 [4] km/s |
Secondary | |
Mass | 3.0 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 13.2 [7] R☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.82±0.10 [4] cgs |
Temperature | 8,600±300 [4] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 90 [4] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
V356 Sagittarii is an eclipsing binary star system in the southern constellation of Sagittarius, abbreviated V356 Sgr. It has a peak apparent visual magnitude of 6.84, which decreases to 7.66 during the primary eclipse and 7.24 with the secondary eclipse. [3] Based on parallax measurements, this system is located at a distance of approximately 2,210 light years from the Sun. [2]
This is a double-lined spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 8.896 days. [6] It is a massive, interacting system with a circular orbit, where the secondary component has filled its Roche lobe and is transferring matter to its companion. The primary is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B3V. It was originally the lower mass component, [9] but now has about 11 times the mass of the Sun. [7] The secondary is an evolved supergiant star [9] with a present-day class of A2II. [4] It has been stripped of much of its original mass, [9] leaving behind the exposed core of a star. [10] The transfer of matter is creating an accretion disk in orbit around the primary. [9]
At least some of the material stripped from the current secondary component has likely been lost from the system. A relatively small change in the orbital period has been observed, but the period is fairly stable over time, which may mean the mass transfer is intermittent. [9] Ultraviolet emission has been observed with the FUSE space observatory, indicating the presence of hot circumstellar matter. This emission shows little variation during a total eclipse, suggesting the material lies perpendicular to the accretion disk. This could represent a bipolar jet of matter from the primary. [11]
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