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WX Cen |
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AAVSO UID |
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Constellation |
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J2000.0 |
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B1950.0 |
13 09 38.12 -63 07 51.5 |
Proper motion |
RA: -6.0 +/- 2.5 mas/y | Dec: -2.9 +/- 2.5 mas/y | Source: UCAC4 |
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Galactic coord. |
305.329 -0.624 |
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AAVSO 1306-62 |
ASASSN-V J131252.65-632346.2 |
Cen X-2 |
Downes WX Cen |
GDS_J1312524-632346 |
HV 1262 |
IOMC 8994000047 |
X 13240-625 |
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Variability type |
CBSS/V+E |
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Spectral type |
WN3h/CE |
Mag. range |
12.7 - 14.5 V |
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Discoverer |
Henrietta Leavitt (1906) |
Epoch |
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Outburst |
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Period |
0.416960 d (10.0070 h) |
Rise/eclipse dur. |
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Remarks
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Otero, Sebastian Alberto
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Period decrease (4.4 s in about 100 yr). |
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Otero, Sebastian Alberto
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V Sge star. |
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Otero, Sebastian Alberto
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ASAS-3 data confirm the presence of outbursts.
Supersoft X-ray source; CV with stationary hydrogen burning on the white dwarf. |
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GCVS Team |
B-V ~ +0.45, U-B ~ -0.72. Proposed as an optical counterpart of the transient X-ray source Cen X-2 [O.J.Eggen, K.C.Freeman, A.Sandage, ApJ 154, L27, 1968.], though no optical bursts were observed. |
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References
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Qian, S.-B.; et al., 2013, Is WX Cen a Possible Type Ia Supernova Progenitor with Wind-driven Mass Transfer? |
2013ApJ...772L..18Q |
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J. Alfonso-Garzon, A. Domingo, J.M. Mas-Hesse, A. Gimenez, 2012, arXiv:1210.0821 [astro-ph.IM] (online info) |
2012arXiv1210.0821A |
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Transient jets in V617 Sagittarii |
2007A&A...471L..25S |
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R.A. Downes et al., 2001, PASP 113, 764 (2006 archival version) |
2005JAD....11....2D |
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Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low-mass X-ray binaries and related objects (7th Edition, rev. 7.14, September 2010) |
2003A&A...404..301R |
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R.A. Downes et al., 2001, PASP 113, 764 |
2001PASP..113..764D |
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W.B.Weaver, ApJ 189, 263, 1974. |
1974ApJ...189..263W |
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O.J.Eggen, K.C.Freeman, A.Sandage, ApJ 154, L27, 1968. |
1968ApJ...154L..27E |
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Dunér, N. C.; et al., 1914, Benennung von neu entdeckten veränderlichen Sternen |
1914AN....199...65D |
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Information from selected catalogs obtained by cross-matching to 2 arc seconds using the CDS X-Match Service. These data may not be complete.
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2MASS
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J = 11.86 | H = 11.52 | K = 11.16 | J - K = 0.70 |
APASS-DR9
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B = 14.03 | V = 13.56 | g' = 13.76 | r' = 13.28 | i' = 13.04 | B - V = 0.47 |
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Stellar Association Membership
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NGC 5045 |
Open Cluster |
2012A&A...548A..97Z |
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