Westerlund 1-75

Westerlund 1-75
Westerlund 1 super star cluster. The location of Wd 1-75 is circled.
Credit: ESO
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Ara
Right ascension 16h 47m 08.92s[1]
Declination −45° 49′ 58.5″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 16.7
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Red supergiant
Spectral type M1[2] - M4Ia[3]
Apparent magnitude (J) 6.933[4]
Apparent magnitude (H) 4.673[4]
Apparent magnitude (K) 3.28[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−50.6±2.9[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −2.029[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −4.248[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.0893 ± 0.1477 mas[1]
Distance4,120+660
−330[5] pc
Details
Radius722±36[2] R☉
Luminosity120,000±14,000[2] L☉
Temperature3,600[6] - 4,000[2] K
Other designations
Westerlund 1 BKS E, 2MASS J16470892-4549585, Gaia DR3 5940199877892579584
Database references
SIMBADdata

Westerlund 1 W75 or Wd 1-75 is a red supergiant (RSG) located in the Westerlund 1 super star cluster. Its radius is calculated to be around 668 solar radii[6] (4.65 × 108 km, 3.10 au). This corresponds to a volume 298 million times bigger than the Sun. If placed at the center of the Solar System, Westerlund 1-75 would engulf the inner limits of the asteroid belt.

Westerlund 1-75 compared to the other 3 RSGs in the Westerlund 1 star cluster.

The star is classified as a luminous cool supergiant emitting most of its energy in the infrared spectrum.[7] It occupies the upper right corner of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Using the effective temperature of 3,600 K,[6] the bolometric luminosity of 68,000 L☉[6] and the solar effective temperature of 5,772 K,[8] the radius of Westerlund 1-75 can be calculated using the Stefan-Boltzmann law at 668 R☉.[a]

Like Westerlund 1-20, Westerlund 1 W26 and Westerlund 1-237, Westerlund 1-75 was observed to be a radio source, however it is weakest along the RSGs in its cluster and remains unresolved at any wavelength.[9]

Westerlund 1-75 is surrounded by extended nebula, although it appears less massive than nebulae around typical red supergiant stars.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c d Arévalo, Aura (2019). The Red Supergiants in the Supermassive Stellar Cluster Westerlund 1 (Thesis). doi:10.11606/D.14.2019.tde-12092018-161841.
  3. ^ Clark, J. S.; Ritchie, B. W.; Negueruela, I. (2010). "A serendipitous survey for variability amongst the massive stellar population of Westerlund 1". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 514: A87. arXiv:1003.5107. Bibcode:2010A&A...514A..87C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913820. S2CID 14780809.
  4. ^ a b c Cutri, Roc M.; et al. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2246: II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
  5. ^ Beasor, Emma R.; Davies, Ben; Smith, Nathan; Gehrz, Robert D.; Figer, Donald F. (2021). "The Age of Westerlund 1 Revisited". The Astrophysical Journal. 912 (1): 16. arXiv:2103.02609. Bibcode:2021ApJ...912...16B. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abec44. S2CID 232110879.
  6. ^ a b c d Fok, Thomas K. T.; Nakashima, Jun-Ichi; Yung, Bosco H. K.; Hsia, Chih-Hao; Deguchi, Shuji (2012). "Maser Observations of Westerlund 1 and Comprehensive Considerations on Maser Properties of Red Supergiants Associated with Massive Clusters". The Astrophysical Journal. 760 (1): 65. arXiv:1209.6427. Bibcode:2012ApJ...760...65F. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/65. S2CID 53393926.
  7. ^ "Cl* Westerlund 1 W 75". Simbad.
  8. ^ Williams, D. R. (2013). "Sun Fact Sheet".
  9. ^ Dougherty, S. M.; Clark, J. S.; Negueruela, I.; Johnson, T.; Chapman, J. M. (2010-02-01). "Radio emission from the massive stars in the galactic super star cluster Westerlund 1". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 511: A58. arXiv:0912.4165. Bibcode:2010A&A...511A..58D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913505. ISSN 0004-6361.
  10. ^ Andrews, H.; Fenech, D.; Prinja, R. K.; Clark, J. S.; Hindson, L. (2018). "Asymmetric ejecta of cool supergiants and hypergiants in the massive cluster Westerlund 1". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 477 (1): L55–L59. arXiv:1803.07008. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.477L..55A. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/sly046. S2CID 53640431.


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