GCIRS 7

GCIRS 7

GCIRS 7 is the brightest star in the center of this image.
Credit: HST
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension 17h 45m 39.987s
Declination −29° 00′ 22.24″
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage RSG
Spectral type M1I
Apparent magnitude (J) 14.197±0.137
Apparent magnitude (H) 9.260±0.118
Apparent magnitude (K) 6.503±0.017
Details
Mass20 – 25 M☉
Radius1,170±60 R☉
Luminosity189,000+42,000
−35,000 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)−0.6 cgs
Temperature3,600±195 or 3,400 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.02 dex
Age6.5 – 10 Myr
Other designations
GCIRS 7, Galactic Center IRS 7, Sgr A IRS 7, TIC 321993603, AP J17454004-2900225, 2MASS J17454004-2900225
Database references
SIMBADdata

GCIRS 7 is a pulsating red supergiant star located in the Galactic Center of the Milky Way galaxy. It is very luminous with a luminosity of 189,000 Sun's (L☉). It is also one of the largest stars currently discovered in the galactic center with a size about 1,170 solar radii (R☉). If it was placed in the Solar System, its photosphere would engulf the orbit of Jupiter. The outer layers of the atmosphere are being blown away from stellar winds of the central cluster, with a very high mass loss rate of 1×10−4 times the Sun's mass per year (M☉), both one of the highest for any star and almost comparable to OH/IR red hypergiants VY Canis Majoris and NML Cygni. This forms a cometary tail north of the star. It formed some 6.5 to 10 million years ago together with many of the massive stars in the galactic center.

See also

References

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  10. ↑ Paumard, T.; Pfuhl, O.; Martins, F.; Kervella, P.; Ott, T.; Pott, J.-U.; Le Bouquin, J. B.; Breitfelder, J.; Gillessen, S.; Perrin, G.; Burtscher, L.; Haubois, X.; Brandner, W. (2014). "GCIRS 7, a pulsating M1 supergiant at the Galactic centre". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 568: A85. arXiv:1406.5320. Bibcode:2014A&A...568A..85P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423991.