Plaskett's star

Plaskett's star

starbox short
name= Plaskett's Star
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Monoceros
ra=06h 35m
dec=+06° 11'
appmag_v=6.05
dist_ly=6600
dist_pc= 2023.52
spectral=O8
names=HR 2422, BD+6°1309, GC 8631, HIP 31646 , HD 47129

Plaskett's Star (formal name HR 2422 Monocerotis) is a spectroscopic binary at a distance of around 6600 light-years. It is one of the most massive binary stars known, with a total mass of about one hundred times that of the Sun.

It is named after John Stanley Plaskett, the Canadian astronomer who discovered its binary nature in 1922. The star has a visual magnitude of 6.05, and is located in the constellation of Monoceros.

External links

* [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/plaskett.html Astro.Uiuc.edu: Plaskett's Star]


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