MPA J1746-3412

Constellation
Scorpius

Equatorial coordinates
α = 17 46 18.170
δ = -34 12 37.112

Galactic coordinates
l = 355.5682°
b = -2.8658°

Suspected	2009^Ref
Re-classified	2013^Ref
Type	Wolf-Rayet star in the planetary nebula^Ref

Identifiers

MPA J1746-3412	IRAS 17429-3411	GSC2.4.2 S8GY228756	AAVSO -
SIMBAD [KW2003] 57	Pan-STARRS -	SAO -	VSX 945715
GAIA DR3 4041758014484643200	SkyMapper -	WRAY -	GCVS -
2MASS J17461818-3412370	HIP -	Hen -	BD -
WISE J174618.26-341237.2	TYC -	ESO -	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 (°)	266.5757^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.024±0.033^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	0.92±0.01^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-34.2103^Ref	Distance (kpc)	9.10^Ref ^{, Note}, 8.18^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	355.5682^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	-4.64±0.04^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	-2.8658^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-4.13±0.02^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

Suspected of a symbiotic nature in Miszalski et al. (2009), this star has been subsequently reclassified as a Wolf-Rayet star within a planetary nebula, according to Miszalski et al. (2013).

References

Miszalski, B., Acker, A., Moffat, A. F. J. et al., 2009, A&A, 496, 3, 813, 2009A&A...496..813M
Miszalski, B., Mikołajewska, J., Udalski, A., 2013, MNRAS, 432, 4, 3186, 2013MNRAS.432.3186M