MWC 922

MISCLASSIFIED MILKY WAY
 
Constellation
Serpens
Equatorial coordinates
α = 18 21 16.052
δ = -13 01 25.512
Galactic coordinates
l = 17.9275°
b = 0.6337°

Suspected 1973Ref
Re-classified 2015Ref
Type Be starRef

Identifiers

MWC 922 IRAS 18184-1302 GSC2.4.2 S9KJ000382 AAVSO 000-BFV-026
SIMBAD EM* MWC 922 Pan-STARRS 92372753169061792 SAO - VSX 225441
GAIA DR3 4152669158277634688 SkyMapper 182116.05-130125.5 WRAY - GCVS -
2MASS J18211606-1301256 HIP - Hen 3-1680 BD -
WISE - 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 (°) 275.3169Ref Parallax (mas) - Reddening E(B-V) (mag) 4.72±0.25Ref, Note
Declination (°) -13.0238Ref Distance (kpc) 1.7Ref
-, Note
   
Galactic longitude (°) 17.9275Ref Proper motion in α (mas/yr) -    
Galactic latitude (°) 0.6337Ref Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) -    

Links

SIMBAD   CDS Portal


Notes

Initially mentioned as a symbiotic star or reddened Be star by Allen (1973), this object was subsequently classified as a B[e] star in Chojnowski et al. (2015). Once again, it is noted as a possible symbiotic star by Bally & Chia (2019), based on the observation of a highly collimated jet.


References


Last updated: April 12, 2021