AG Carinae

Starbox begin
name=AG CarStarbox image


caption = The location of AG Car Starbox observe
epoch=J2000
ra=10h 56m 11.5763s
dec=-60° 27' 12.815"'
appmag_v=7.09
constell=Carina Starbox character
class=B2
b-v=?
u-b=?
variable=None Starbox astrometry
radial_v=-171.5
prop_mo_ra=-6.48
prop_mo_dec= 1.35
parallax=-0.56
p_error=0.67
absmag_v=7.58 Starbox detail
mass=50
radius=?
luminosity=1.000.000
temperature=?
metal=?
rotation=?
age=? Starbox catalog
names= V* AG Car, GC 15044, SPH 113, ALS 2035, SS73 27, AN 96.1914, LS 2035, TYC 8958-3996-1, CD-59° 3430, GSC 08958-03996, 2MASS J10561158-6027128, HD 94910, PK 289-00 1, CPC 20.1 2994, Hen 3-528, WRAYdn 15-693, CPD-59° 2860, Hen 2-58, SAO 251185, WR 31b, HIC 53461, AAVSO 1052-59, ESO 128-21, HIP 53461.

AG Carinae (AG Car) is a star in the constellation Carina. It is classified as a luminous blue variable and is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way. The large distance (20,000 light-years) and intervening dust mean that the star is not visible to the naked eye; its apparent brightness varies irregularly between 7.1^m and 9.0^m. The star is surrounded by a large planetary nebula, formed by material expulsed from the star by its powerful stellar wind. The star is apparently in a transitional phase between a massive class O blue supergiant and a Wolf-Rayet star.

References

*cite web
last = Samus
first = N. N.
coauthors = Durlevich, O. V.; et al.
title = Combined General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2)
date = 2004
url = http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?II/250
accessdate = 2007-01-04

External links

* [http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/gallery/images_misc.html 2MASS Atlas Image Gallery: Miscellaneous Objects] — includes an infrared image of AG Carinae
* http://jumk.de/astronomie/big-stars/ag-carinae.shtml
* [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?protocol=html&Ident=AG+Carinae&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id Simbad]