.jpg) Region around the Quintuplet Cluster. Full size image is annotated to show WR 102c. Credit: NASA/ESA, Hubble | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Right ascension | 17h 46m 11.14s[1] |
| Declination | +28° 4905.9′[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | WN6[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 11.6[1] |
| Details[2] | |
| Luminosity | 320,000-500,000 L☉ |
| Temperature | 65,000-75,000 K |
| Age | 4 - 6 Myr |
| Other designations | |
WR 102c, qF 353E | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
WR 102c is a Wolf–Rayet star located in the constellation Sagittarius towards the galactic centre. It is only a few parsecs from the Quintuplet Cluster, within the Sickle Nebula.
- ^ a b c Dong, H.; Wang, Q. D.; Cotera, A.; Stolovy, S.; Morris, M. R.; Mauerhan, J.; Mills, E. A.; Schneider, G.; Calzetti, D.; Lang, C. (2011). "Hubble Space Telescope Paschen α survey of the Galactic Centre: Data reduction and products". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 417 (1): 114–135. arXiv:1105.1703. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.417..114D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19013.x. S2CID 11060463.
- ^ a b Steinke, M.; Oskinova, L. M.; Hamann, W.-R.; Sander, A.; Liermann, A.; Todt, H. (2016). "Analysis of the WN star WR 102c, its WR nebula, and the associated cluster of massive stars in the Sickle Nebula". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 588 (9): A9. arXiv:1601.03395. Bibcode:2016A&A...588A...9S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527692. S2CID 118469961.