Hen 2-58

MISCLASSIFIED MILKY WAY

Constellation
Carina

Equatorial coordinates
α = 10 56 11.568
δ = -60 27 12.779

Galactic coordinates
l = 289.1829°
b = -0.6953°

Suspected	2023^Ref
Re-classified	2023^Ref
Type	WR star^Ref

Identifiers

Hen 2-58	IRAS 10541-6011	GSC2.4.2 S4AV000700	AAVSO 000-BBR-864
SIMBAD V* AG Car	Pan-STARRS -	SAO 251185	VSX 5814
GAIA DR3 5338220285385672064	SkyMapper -	WRAY 15-693	GCVS AG Car
2MASS J10561158-6027128	HIP 53461	Hen 2-58	BD -
WISE -	TYC 8958-3996-1	ESO 128-21	HD -

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954)	-	Allen (1984)	-	Belzcyński et al. (2001)	-
Gaposchkin (1957)	-	Kenyon (1986)	-	Akras et al. (2019)	-
Boyarchuk (1969)	-	Vaidis (1988, 1991)	-

Position

Right ascension (°)	164.0482^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.193±0.017^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	3.57±0.17^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-60.4536^Ref	Distance (kpc)	4.96^Ref ^{, Note}, 5.12^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	289.1829^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-4.81±0.02^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	-0.6953^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	1.96±0.02^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

Mentioned in the table of variable symbiotic stars in Ali & Mindil (2023); however, it is classified as an WR star.

References

Ali, A., Mindil, A., 2023, RAA, 23, 4, 045006, 2023RAA....23d5006A

Last updated: January 13, 2024